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1st January – On This Day In History
Born:
1919 JD Salinger (author – Catcher In The Rye)
Died:
1953 Hank Williams (country singer)
On This Day:
1801 The Irish Parliament votes to join the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland)
Have a good Tuesday, 1st January
12th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1935 Luciano Pavarotti (singer)
Died:
1997 John Denver (Country Music singer)
On This Day:
1968 Equatorial Guinea declares its independence (from Spain)
Have a good Friday, 12th October
27th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1947 Meat Loaf (real name Marvin Lee Aday, singer)
Died:
2011 Johnny “Country” Mathis (Country & Western singer)
On This Day:
1937 Balinese Tiger is officially declared extinct
Have a good Thursday, 27th September
12th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1944 Barry White (singer)
Died:
2003 Johnny Cash (country singer)
On This Day:
1848 Switzerland becomes federal state
Have a good Wednesday, 12th September
16th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1911 Ginger Rogers (actress)Â
Died:
2012 Kitty Wells (country music singer)
On This Day:
1970 Iraq puts its constitution into effect
Have a good Monday, 16th July
8th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1926 David Attenborough (TV presenter)
Died:
2008 Eddy Arnold (country music singer)
On This Day:
1980 World Health Organisation announces the eradication of smallpox
Have a good Monday, 8th May
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9th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1608 John Milton (poet & puritan)
Died:
1996 Faron Young (country singer)
On This Day:
1931 Spain becomes a republic
Have a good Friday, 9th December
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16th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1872 Roald Amundsen (Leader of the first expedition to the South Pole)
Died:
2012 Kitty Wells (country singer)
On This Day:
1790 District of Columbia established by the Congress of the US.
Have a good Saturday, 16th July
3rd May – On This Day In History
Born:
1919 Pete Seeger (country music writer and performer)
Died:
1882 Jesse James (outlaw)
On This Day
1973 Sears Tower (Chicago – then the world’s tallest building, completed)
Have a good Tuesday, 3rd May
29th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1933 Willie Nelson (country singer)
Died:
1980 Alfred Hitchcock (film director)
On This Day:
1991 Croatia declares its independence
Have a good Friday, 29th April
