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27th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1822 Louis Pasteur (invented pasteurization)
Died:
2016 Carrie Fisher (actress – Star Wars)
On This Day:
1943 The Scharnhorst (German battleship) sinks in the Barents Sea
Have a good Thursday, 27th December
18th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1943 Keith Richards (musician – The Rolling Stones)
Died:
2006 Joseph Barbera (cartoonist – Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones)
On This Day:
1958 Niger gains autonomy (within the French Community)
Have a good Tuesday, 18th December
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
29th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1898 CS Lewis (author – Narnia series)
Died:
1986 Cary Grant (actor)
On This Day:
1962 Britain and France agree to jointly build Concorde
Have a good Thursday, 29th November
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
21st November – On This Day In History
Born:
1694 Voltaire (philosopher & writer)
Died:
2017 David Cassidy (singer & actor)
On This Day:
1789 North Carolina ratifies The Constitution and officially becomes the 12th State of the USA
Have a good Wednesday, 21st 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
