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23rd September – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Ray Charles (singer & pianist)
Died:
1939 Sigmund Freud (father of psychology)
On This Day:
1979 Somali constitution is approved by its president
Have a good Sunday, 23rd September
22nd September – On This Day
Born:
1958 Andrea Bocelli (singer – tenor)
Died:
1539 Guru Nanak (founder of Sikhism)
On This Day:
1908 Bulgaria declares independence (from the Ottoman Empire, modern day Turkey)
Have a good Saturday, 22nd September
21st September – On This Day In History
Born:
1947 Stephen King (horror author – Christian, The Shining etc)
Died:
19 BC Virgil (Roman poet)
On This Day:
1937 The Hobbit is published (by JRR Tolkien)
Have a good Friday, 21st September
18th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1971 Lance Armstrong (cyclist – won Tour de France seven times, but got banned for using drugs)
Died:
1970 Jimi Hendrix (guitarist – Purple Haze)
On This Day:
2017 Hurricane Maria destroys 90% of the structures in the Dominica and kills 27 people
Have a good Tuesday, 18th September
15th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1984 Prince Harry (second son of Prince Charles and Lady Diana)
Died:
1859 Isambard Kingdom Brunel (engineer)
On This Day:
1981 Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations
Have a good Saturday, 15th 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
5th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1638 Louis XIV (The Sun King – France)
Died:
1997 Mother Teresa (Nun and founder of Missionaries of Charity – Nobel Peace Prize winner)
On This Day:
1991 Nelson Mandela is elected as the leader of the ANC (African National Congress)
Have a good Wednesday, 5th September
