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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
14th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1979 Michael Owen (footballer / soccer player)
Died:
1799 George Washington (1st President of the USA)
On This Day:
1819 Alabama becomes the 22nd State of the USA
Have a good Friday, 14th December
12th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1915 Frank Sinatra (singer & actor)
Died:
1889 Robert Browning (poet)
On This Day:
1963 Kenya declares its independence (from Britain – it was formerly British East Africa)
Have a good Wednesday, 12th 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
10th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1830 Emily Dickinson (poet)
Died:
1896 Alfred Nobel (inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize)
On This Day:
1799 The Metric System is adopted in France – the first country to do this
Have a good Monday, 10th December
9th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1608 John Milton (poet)
Died:
1998 Archie Moore (boxing champion)
On This Day:
1961 Tanzania becomes independent (formerly Tanganyika, a British Colony)
Have a good Sunday, 9th December
