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3rd October – On This Day In History
Born:
1959 Fred Couples (golfer – Master Champion)
Died:
2005 Ronnie Barker (actor & comedian – The Two Ronnies)
On This Day:
1932 Iraq gains independence (from Britain)
Have a good Wednesday, 3rd October
26th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1888 TS Eliot (poet & Nobel Prize winner)
Died:
2008 Paul Newman (actor – Hustler)Â
On This Day:
1962 The declaration of the Republic of Yemen
Have a good Wednesday, 26th September
3rd September – On This Day In History
Born:
1965 Charlie Sheen (actor – Platoon)
Died:
1658 Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector of England)
On This Day:
1971 Qatar regains independence (from Britain)
Have a good Monday, 3rd September
19th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1871 Orville Wright (aviation pioneer – The Wright Brothers)
Died:
1977 Groucho Marx (comedian – Marx Brothers)
On This Day:
1919 Afghanistan declares its independence (from Britain)
Have a good Sunday, 19th August
16th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1888 TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia – diplomatic role in WW1 Middle East)
Died:
2003 Idi Amin (Dictator of Uganda and culpable for the killings of approx half a million people)
On This Day:
1960 Cyprus granted independence (from Britain)
Have a good Thursday, 16th August
12th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Mark Knopfler (guitarist – Dire Straits)
Died:
30 BC Cleopatra (last Egyptian ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty)
On This Day:
1992 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, USA & Mexico) negotiations declared completed
Have a good Sunday, 12th August
7th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1975 Charlize Theron (South African actress – Monster, Mad Max)
Died:
1957 Oliver Hardy (comedian – Laurel & Hardy)
On This Day:
1990 Operation Desert Shield begins with the deployment of US troops to protect Saudi Arabia
Have a good Tuesday, 7th August
