politics
17th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1819 Marthinus Wessels Pretorius (first President of the Republic of South Africa)
Died:
1985 Laura Ashley (fashion designer)
On This Day:
1900 Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed
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27th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1908 Donald (Don) Bradman (Australian cricketer)
Died:
1919 Louis Botha (South African statesman and general)
On This Day:
1828 Uruguay gains independence
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18th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1918 Nelson Mandela (statesman)
Died:
1817 Jane Austen (author)
On This Day:
2013 The City of Detroit files for bankruptcy ($18.5 billion!)
Have a good Tuesday, 18th July
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13th July – On This Day In History
Born:
100 BC Julius Caesar (Roman politician and general)
Died:
2014 Nadine Gordimer (author and Nobel laureate)
On This Day:
2016 Theresa May elected PM of Britain by Conservative Part MP’s
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26th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1956 Chris Isaak (singer & songwriter)
Died:
2003 Denis Thatcher, MBE (husband of Margaret)
On This Day:
1857 First recipients of the Victoria Cross are awarded by Queen Victoria (Crimean War)
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22nd April – On This Day In History
Born:
1870 Vladimir Lenin (Marxist revolutionary leader)
Died:
1994 Richard Nixon (37th President of the USA, infamous for the Watergate scandal)
On This Day:
1889 The official start of the Oklahoma Land Rush
Have a good Saturday, 22nd April
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18th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1932 FW de Klerk (South African President and joint Nobel Peace Prize Winner with Nelson Mandela)
Died:
1745 Robert Walpole (First British Prime Minister)
On This Day:
1920 Greece adopts the Gregorian Calendar
Have a good Saturday, 18th March
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