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14th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1910 William Hanna (cartoonist – Tom & Jerry, Scooby Doo)
Died:
1881 Billy The Kid (infamous outlaw)
On This Day:
1789 Bastille Day (the start of the French Revolution with the fall of the Bastille Prison)
Have a good Saturday, 14th July
23rd November – On This Day In History
Born:
1859 Billy The Kid (American outlaw)
Died:
1990 Roald Dahl (author)
On This Day:
1979 Pink Floyd releases “The Wall”
Have a good Thursday, 23rd November
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3rd November – On This Day In History
Born:
1921 Charles Bronson (actor)
Died:
1926 Annie Oakley (sharpshooter)
On This Day:
1903 Panama granted independence (from Colombia)
Have a good Friday, 3rd November
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17th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1786 Davy Crockett (American frontiersman & explorer)
1982 Barney Phillips (actor – Dragnet)
On This Day:
1945 Korea divided into North & South along 38th parallel
Have a good Thursday, 17th August
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2nd August – On This Day In History
Born:
1923 Shimon Peres (Israeli Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner)
Died:
1876 Wild Bill Hickok (frontiersman – shot from behind)
On This Day:
1776 Formal signing of the US Declaration of Independence
Have a good Wednesday, 2nd August
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27th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1837 Wild Bill Hickok (American folk hero)
Died:
2013 Bill Pertwee (actor – Dad’s Army)
On This Day:
1977 Two Boeing 747 aircraft (KLM and PanAm) collide on the Canary Islands. 582 people killed.
Have a good Saturday, 27th May
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1st May – On This Day In History
Born:
1852 Calamity Jane (American frontierswoman – partner to Wild Bill Hickok)
Died:
1873 David Livingstone (British explorer)
On This Day:
1853 Argentina adopts its constitution
Have a good Monday, 1st May
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26th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1888 TS Eliot (poet)
Died:
1820 Daniel Boone (frontiersman)
On This Day:
1973 Concorde flies from Washington DC to Paris in 3 hours 33 minutes
Have a good Saturday, 26th September
