politics
26th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1947 Hillary Clinton (US First Lady, Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential Candidate)
Died:
1972 Igor Sikorsky (aviation expert and helicopter builder)
On This Day:
1976 Trinidad & Tobago becomes a republic
Have a good Friday, 26th October
24th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1759 William Wilberforce (abolitionist and politician)
Died
2014 Richard Attenborough (actor & director)
On This Day:
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) officially starts
Have a good Friday, 24th August
22nd August – On This Day In History
Born:
1964 Mats Wilander (tennis champion)
Died:
1978 Jomo Kenyatta (first Prime Minister of Kenya)
On This Day:
1485 Battle of Bosworth Field (Richard III defeated by Henry Tudor to end The War Of The Roses)
Have a good Wednesday, 22nd August
17th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1954 Angela Merkel (Chancellor of Germany)
Died:
2009 Walter Cronkite (broadcaster and news reporter for CBS)
On This Day:
1919 Finland adopts its constitution
Have a good Tuesday, 17th July
26th June – On This Day In History
Born:
Laurie Lee (poet & author)
Died:
2003 Sir Denis Thatcher (husband of Margaret Thatcher)
On This Day:
1960 Somalia gains independence (formerly British Somaliland)
Have a good Tuesday, 26th June
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14th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Donald Trump (45th President of the USA and businessman)
Died:
1946 John Logie Baird (inventor of television)
On This Day:
1942 Bambi is released (by Walt Disney)
Have a good Thursday, 14th June
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8th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1977 Kanye West (rapper)
Died:
1845 Andrew Jackson (soldier & 7th US President)
On This Day:
1968 Bermuda adopts its constitution
Have a good Friday, 8th June
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1st June – On This Day In History
Born:
1926 Marilyn Monroe (actress, real name Norma Jean Mortenson)
Died:
1968 Helen Keller (born blind & deaf author, political activist, lecturer)
On This Day:
1792 Kentucky becomes the 15th State of the USA
Have a good Friday, 1st June
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12th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1942 Jacob Zuma (ex-President of South Africa)
Died:
1988 Alan Paton (South African author – “Cry The Beloved Country”, and anti-apartheid activist)
On This Day:
1946 Syria gains independence (from France)
Have a good Thursday, 12th April
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10th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1915 Harry Morgan (actor – M*A*S*H, Dragnet)
Died:
1993 Chris Hani (Secretary General of the South African Communist Party)
On This Day:
1841 The New York Tribune begins publishing
Have a good Tuesday, 10th April
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