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11th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1920 Yul Brynner (actor)
Died:
1993 Denis Tomlinson (South African cricketer)
On This Day:
1848 Waterloo Station (London) is opened
Have a good Tuesday, 11th July
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30th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1941 Peter Pollock (South African cricketer)
Died:
2012 Yitzhak Shamir (Israeli Prime Minister)
On This Day:
1894 Tower Bridge (London) opens
Have a good Friday, 30th June
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19th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1962 Paula Abdul (singer & songwriter)
Died:
1937 JM Barrie (author – Peter Pan)
On This Day:
1829 London Metropolitan Police founded (by Robert Peel)
Have a good Monday, 19th June
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10th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1922 Judy Garland (actress)
Died:
323 BC Alexander The Great
On This Day:
1829 The first Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race
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29th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1903 Bob Hope (comedian and entertainer)
Died:
2003 David Jefferies (motorcycle racer)
On This Day:
1848 Wisconsin admitted as the 30th State of the USA
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24th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1819 Queen Victoria
Died:
1974 Duke Ellington (musician)
On This Day:
1862 Westminster Bridge, crossing the Thames River opens
Have a good Wednesday, 24th May
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Upon Westminster Bridge
Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth like a garment wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour valley, rock, or hill;
Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!
– William Wordsworth
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