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20th July – On This Day In History
Born:
356 BC Alexander The Great (military genius and King of Macedonia)
Died:
1973 Bruce Lee (martial arts expert and actor)
On This Day:
1969 First men step on The Moon (Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11)
Have a good Friday, 20th July
19th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1976 Benedict Cumberbatch (actor – Sherlock)
Died:
2013 Phil Woosnam (footballer and manager)
On This Day:
1979 Nicaraguan Liberation Day (Sandinistas take over)
Have a good Thursday, 19th July
16th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1911 Ginger Rogers (actress)
Died:
2012 Kitty Wells (country music singer)
On This Day:
1970 Iraq puts its constitution into effect
Have a good Monday, 16th July
12th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Bill Cosby (actor & comedian)
Died:
1804 Alexander Hamilton (US Founding Father)
On This Day:
1962 The Rolling Stones have their first performance (Marquee Club in London)
Have a good Thursday, 12th July
10th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1509 John Calvin (protestant religious reformer and founder of Calvinism)
Died:
2015 Omar Sharif (actor – Doctor Zhivago)
On This Day:
1890 Wyoming becomes the 44th State of the USA
Have a good Tuesday, 10th July
9th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1947 OJ Simpson (football star)
Died:
2002 Rod Steiger (actor)
On This Day:
1816 Argentina declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Monday, 9th July
8th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1951 Anjelica Huston (actress – The Addams Family)
Died:
2015 James Tate (poet – Pulitzer Prize 1992)
On This Day:
1979 Congo adopts its constitution
Have a good Sunday, 8th July
