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9th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1947 OJ Simpson (football star)
Died:
2002 Rod Steiger (actor)
On This Day:
1816 Argentina declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Monday, 9th July
5th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1853 Cecil Rhodes (imperialist, businessman, diamond merchant and Prime Minister of the Cape Colony)
Died:
2002 Ted Williams (baseball Hall of Famer – Boston Red Sox)
On This Day:
1811 Venezuela declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Thursday, 5th July
30th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1941 Peter Pollock (South African cricketer)
Died:
1520 Moctezuma II (Aztec Emperor)
On This Day:
1894 Tower Bridge (London) opens
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29th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1903 Bob Hope (actor & comedian)
Died:
2017 Manuel Noriega (Panamanian dictator)
On This Day:
1848 Wisconsin becomes the 30th State of the USA
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14th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1944 George Lucas (director of Star Wars and Indiana Jones)
Died:
1998 Frank Sinatra (singer & actor)
On This Day:
1811 Paraguay gains independence (from Spain)
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13th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1950 Stevie Wonder (singer & songwriter)
Died:
2001 RK Narayan (Indian novelist)
On This Day:
1830 Republic of Ecuador is founded
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1st May – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Joanna Lumley (actress)
Died:
1873 David Livingstone (explorer)
On This Day:
1853 Argentina adopts its constitution
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