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22nd May – On This Day In History
Born:
1813 Richard Wagner (composer)
Died:
1972 Cecil Day Lewis (poet)
On This Day:
1933 Reported first sighting of the Loch Ness Monster
Have a good Tuesday, 22nd May
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17th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1699 Robert Blair (Scottish poet)
Died:
1790 Benjamin Franklin (US Founding Father, inventor, diplomat)
On This Day:
1839 Guatemala forms as a republic
Have a good Tuesday, 17th April
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19th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1813 David Livingstone (explorer)
Died:
2008 Arthur C Clarke (sci-fi author – 2001 A Space Odyssey)
On This Day:
1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Have a good Monday, 19th March
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14th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1879 Albert Einstein (physicist & Nobel Laureate)
Died:
1883 Karl Marx (philosopher – Communist Manifesto)
On This Day:
2017 Muirfield Golf Club (world’s oldest golf club) votes to accept women members
11th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1931 Rupert Murdoch (media mogul)
Died:
1955 Alexander Fleming (discovered the power of penicillin)
On This Day:
1974 Mount Etna erupts
Have a good Sunday, 11th March
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3rd March – On This Day In History
Born:
1847 Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the telephone)
Died:
2016 Martin Crowe (New Zealand cricketer)
On This Day:
1845 Florida becomes the 27th State of the USA
Have a good Saturday, 3rd March
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24th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1786 Wilhelm Grimm (Grimm’s Fairy Tales)
Died:
1993 Bobby Moore (England Football Captain)
On This Day:
1923 “The Flying Scotsman” goes into service
Have a good Saturday, 24th February
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