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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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11th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1920 Yul Brynner (actor)
Died:
1993 Denis Tomlinson (South African cricketer)
On This Day:
1848 Waterloo Station (London) is opened
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5th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1853 Cecil John Rhodes (diamond merchant, businessman, politician and colonialist)
Died:
2002 Ted Williams (baseball Hall of Fame)
On This Day:
1922 First General Election in the Netherlands
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30th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1941 Peter Pollock (South African cricketer)
Died:
2012 Yitzhak Shamir (Israeli Prime Minister)
On This Day:
1894 Tower Bridge (London) opens
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24th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1947 Mick Fleetwood (musician, Fleetwood-Mac)
Died:
1712 Simon van der Stel (Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony)
On This Day
1441 Eton College founded (by Henry VI)
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12th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1983 Brian Habana (South African rugby player)
Died:
2003 Gregory Peck (actor – To Kill A Mockingbird)
On This Day:
1981 Raiders Of The Lost Ark premiers
Have a good Monday, 12th June
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