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14th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1639 Simon van der Stel (Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony)
Died:
1977 Bing Crosby (singer and actor)
On This Day:
1926 “Winnie The Pooh” (AA Milne) published
Have a good Saturday, 14th October
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22nd September – On This Day In History
Born:
1958 Andrea Bocelli (tenor)
Died:
1539 Guru Nanak (founder of Sikhism)
On This Day:
1908 Bulgaria declares independence (from Ottoman Empire)
Have a good Friday, 22nd September
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10th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1960 Antonio Banderas (actor)
Died:
1945 Robert H Goddard (inventor of first liquid fueled rocked)
On This Day:
1809 Ecuador declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Thursday, 10th August
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29th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1956 Patti Scialfa (singer and wife of Bruce Springsteen)
Died:
1833 William Wilberforce (campaigner for the abolition of slavery)
On This Day:
1907 Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms the Boy Scouts
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23rd July – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Clive Rice (South African all – round cricketer)
Died:
2011 Amy Winehouse (singer)
On This Day:
1148 Crusaders attack Damascus
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16th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1911 Ginger Rogers (actress, singer & dancer)
Died:
1915 Ellen White (co-founder of the Seventh Day Adventist Church)
On This Day:
Mont Blanc Tunnel opened (between France and Italy)
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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)
Have a good Monday, 26th June
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