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5th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1638 Louis XIV (The Sun King)
Died:
1877 Crazy Horse (the last Sioux war chief)
On This Day:
1666 Great Fire of London ends
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1st September – On This Day In History
Born:
1957 Gloria Estefan (musician)
Died:
1557 Jacques Cartier (French explorer, claimed Canada for France)
On This Day:
1939 Switzerland proclaims neutrality
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15th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1769 Napoleon Bonaparte (French emperor)
Died:
Will Rogers (humorist & actor)
On This Day:
1248 Construction of the Cologne Cathedral begins
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7th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1958 Bruce Dickinson (rock musician – Iron Maiden)
Died:
1957 Oliver Hardy (comedian)
On This Day:
1960 Ivory Coast gains independence (from France)
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4th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1821 Louis Vuitton (founder of leather fashion brand)
Died:
1875 Hans Christian Andersen (author – The Ugly Duckling)
On This Day:
1693 Traditional date accredited to the invention of Champagne (by Dom Perignon)
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3rd August – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 Martin Sheen (actor – The West Wing)
Died:
1924 Joseph Conrad (author – Heart Of Darkness)
On This Day:
1798 Battle of the Nile (Nelson forces French fleet to surrender)
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1st August – On This Day In History
Born:
1819 Herman Melville (author – Moby Dick)
Died:
30 BC Mark Anthony (Roman leader)
On This Day:
1793 France becomes the first country to use the metric system
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