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10th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1830 Emily Dickinson (poet)
Died:
1896 Alfred Nobel (inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize)
On This Day:
1799 The Metric System is adopted in France – the first country to do this
Have a good Monday, 10th December
25th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1914 Joe DiMaggio (Baseball Hall of Fame)
Died:
2016 Fidel Castro (Revolutionary and leader of Cuba)
On This Day:
1958 Senegal becomes autonomous (within the French Community)
Have a good Sunday, 25th November
24th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1806 William Webb Ellis (credited with the invention of rugby)
Died:
1991 Freddie Mercury (singer – Queen)
On This Day:
1958 Mali becomes autonomous (within the French Community)
Have a good Saturday, 24th November
17th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1942 Martin Scorsese (director – Goodfellas)
Died:
1917 Auguste Rodin (sculptor – The Thinker)
On This Day:
2014 Church of England allows the appointment of female bishops
Have a good Saturday, 17th November
13th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1955 Whoopi Goldberg (actress & comedian)
Died:
1973 Elsa Schiaparelli (fashion designer)
On This Day:
2015 ISIS terror attacks in Paris kill 129
Have a good Tuesday, 13th November
7th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1867 Marie Curie (discovered radium, Nobel Prize winner)
Died:
2016 Leonard Cohen (singer & song writer)
On This Day:
1951 Jordan passes its constitution
Have a good Wednesday, 7th November