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13th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1955 Whoopi Goldberg (actress & comedian)
Died:
1973 Elsa Schiaparelli (fashion designer)
On This Day:
2015 ISIS terror attacks in Paris kill 129
Have a good Tuesday, 13th November
31st August – On This Day In History
Born:
1870 Marie Montessori (educator – spontaneous response)
Died:
1997 Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales (car crash victim in Paris)
On This Day:
1978 Sri Lanka adopts its constitution
Have a good Friday, 31st August
21st May – On This Day In History
Born:
1688 Alexander Pope (poet)
Died:
2000 Sir John Gielgud (actor)
On This Day:
1927 Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris in The Spirit Of St Louis after making the first solo air crossing of the Atlantic
Have a good Monday, 21st May
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31st March – On This Day In History
Born:
1685 Johann Sebastian Bach (composer)
Died:
1727 Isaac Newton (physicist and astronomer)
On This Day:
1889 The opening of the Eiffel Tower
Have a good Saturday, 31st March
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6th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Richie Benaud (Australian cricketer and commentator)
Died:
1892 Alfred Lord Tennyson (British Poet Laureate)
On This Day:
1889 Moulin Rouge opens (in Paris)
Have a good Friday, 6th October
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25th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1967 Matt LeBlanc (actor & TV presenter)
Died:
1834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet)
On This Day:
2000 Air France concord crashes in Paris, killing 109 on board and 4 on the ground
Have a good Tuesday, 25th July
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21st May – On This Day In History
Born:
1688 Alexander Pope (poet)
Died:
2000 Sir John Gielgud (screen and stage actor)
On This Day:
1927 Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo crossing of the Atlantic in an aeroplane
Have a good Sunday, 21st May
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31st March – On This Day In History
Born:
1596 Rene Descartes (French Philosopher)
Died:
1727 Sir Isaac Newton (physicist)
On This Day:
1889 The official opening of the Eiffel Tower (Paris)
Have a good Friday, 31st March
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6th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Richie Benaud (Australian cricket captain and commentator)
Died:
1892 Alfred Lord Tennyson (writer and poet)
On This Day:
1889 Moulin Rouge opens (Paris)
Have a good Thursday, 6th October
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31st August – On This Day In History
Born:
1945 Van Morrison (musician)
Died:
1997 Diana Spencer (Lady Diana)
On This Day:
1976 Trinidad & Tobago adopts its constitution
Have a good Wednesday, 31st August
