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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
15th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1606 Rembrandt van Rijn (painter – Night Watch)
Died:
1997 Gianni Versace (fashion designer)
On This Day:
1799 The Rosetta Stone is discovered, allowing for translation of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
Have a good Sunday, 15th July
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
13th July – On This Day In History
Born:
100 BC Julius Caesar (Roman general and leader)
Died:
2014 Nadine Gordimer (author & Novel laureate)
On This Day:
2016 Theresa May is elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Have a good Friday, 13th 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
11th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1274 Robert The Bruce (Scottish King)
Died:
1989 Laurence Olivier (actor – Hamlet)
On This Day:
1921 Mongolia gains independence (from China)
Have a good Wednesday, 11th 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
