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22nd April – On This Day In History
Born:
1870 Vladimir Lenin (Marxist Revolutionary)
Died:
1998 Kitch Christie (South African World Cup winning rugby coach)
On This Day:
1889 Official start of the Oklahoma Land Rush (although they went Sooner…)
Have a good Sunday, 22nd April
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6th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1961 Rory Bremner (impressionist and comedian)
Died:
1520 Raphael (artist and architect)
On This Day:
1919 Bavaria proclaimed a Soviet Republic
Have a good Friday, 6th April
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9th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1934 Yuri Gagarin (Russian cosmonaut and first man in space)
Died:
2016 George Martin (record producer – The Beatles)
On This Day:
1834 The French Foreign Legion is founded
Have a good Friday, 9th March
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9th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1943 Joe Pesci (actor)
Died:
2002 Princess Margaret (United Kingdom)
On This Day:
1923 Aeroflot Airlines forms (the Soviet airline)
Have a good Friday, 9th February
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3rd February – On This Day In History
Born:
1480 Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese explorer)
Died:
1959 Buddy Holly (musician, rocker)
On This Day:
1966 First soft landing on the moon (Soviet Luna 9)
Have a good Saturday, 3rd February
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20th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Uri Geller (magician and psychic)
Died:
1968 John Steinbeck (author – Grapes of Wrath)
On This Day:
1922 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics form (USSR – 14 republics)
Have a good Wednesday, 20th December
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12th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Bill Cosby (comedian)
Died:
1999 Bill Owen (actor)
On This Day:
1920 Lithuania becomes independent
Have a good Wednesday, 12th July
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21st January – On This Day In History
Born:
1924 Benny Hill (comedian)
Died:
1924 Lenin (Revolutionary leader and premier of Russia)
On This Day:
1976 Concorde makes first commercial supersonic flights are made by Britain and France
Have a goo Saturday, 21st January
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20th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1983 Jonah Hill (actor)
Died:
1968 John Steinbeck (Nobel Prize winning author)
On This Day:
1922 Fourteen republics join to form the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Have a good Tuesday, 20th December
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5th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1974 Kevin Connolly (actor)
Died:
1953 Joseph Stalin (Soviet leader, responsible for approximately 11 million deaths)
On This Day:
1836 Colt manufactures his first pistol (34 calibre “Texas”)
Have a good Saturday, 5th March
