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1st January – On This Day In History
Born:
1919 JD Salinger (author – Catcher In The Rye)
Died:
1953 Hank Williams (country singer)
On This Day:
1801 The Irish Parliament votes to join the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland)
Have a good Tuesday, 1st January
31st December – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Anthony Hopkins (actor – Silence Of The Lambs)
Died:
2015 Natalie Cole (singer)
On This Day:
1983 Brunei gains independence (from Britain)
Have a good Monday, 31st December
25th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1642 Isaac Newton (physicist – Gravity & Laws of Motion)
Died:
2016 George Michael (musician – Wham!)
On This Day:
1946 Taiwan accepts its constitution
Have a good Tuesday, 25th December
23rd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1985 Harry Judd (drummer – McFly)Â
Died:
2013 Mikhail Kalashnikov (inventor of the AK-47)
On This Day:
1937 The Vickers Wellington bomber first flies
Have a good Sunday, 23rd December
22nd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Maurice Gibb (musician – Bee Gees)
Died:
2014 Joe Cocker (musician)
On This Day:
1978 Thailand adopts its constitution
Have a good Saturday, 22nd December
16th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)
Died:
1980 Colonel Sanders (founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken)
On This Day:
1838 Battle of Blood River (Zulu armies defeated by the Voortrekkers in Natal, South Africa)
Have a good Sunday, 16th December
15th December – On This Day In History
Born:
37 Nero (Roman Emperor)
Died:
1944 Glenn Miller (band leader)
On This Day:
2001 The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens (after 11 years and $27 000 000 spent to fortify it without rectifying its lean)
Have a good Saturday, 15th December
11th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1961 Marco Pierre White (chef)
Died:
2012 Ravi Shankar (musician)
On This Day:
1816 Indiana becomes the 19th State of the USA
Have a good Tuesday, 11th December
8th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1943 Jim Morrison (singer and songwriter – The Doors)
Died:
2016 John Glenn (astronaut and US Senator)
On This Day:
1864 The Clifton Suspension Bridge is opened (designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
Have a good Saturday, 8th December
4th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1892 Francisco Franco (Spanish dictator)
Died:
1993 Frank Zappa (musician)
On This Day:
1982 China adopts its constitution
Have a good Tuesday, 4th December
