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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
Have a good Saturday, 10th June
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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
Have a good Monday, 29th May
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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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4th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Ronnie Corbett (comedian – The Two Ronnies)
Died:
1976 Benjamin Britten (composer – The Beggar’s Opera)
On This Day:
1952 Named after the dense, pollution enhanced fog enveloping London, the word ‘smog’ is invented
Have a good Sunday, 4th December
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20th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1632 Christopher Wren (architect – St Paul’s Cathedral)
Died:
1994 Burt Lancaster (actor)
On This Day:
1822 First edition on The London Sunday Times published
Have a good Thursday, 20th October
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