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4th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1892 Francisco Franco (Spanish dictator)
Died:
1993 Frank Zappa (musician)
On This Day:
1982 China adopts its constitution
Have a good Tuesday, 4th December
6th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1970 Ethan Hawke (actor – Dead Poets Society)
Died:
1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (composer – Swan Lake)
On This Day:
1844 Dominican Republic granted independence (by Spain)
Have a good Tuesday, 6th November
27th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1728 James Cook (first European to explore New Zealand and much of Australia)
Died:
1505 Ivan The Great (Russian Prince who conquered Lithuania)
On This Day:
2017 Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain (doesn’t succeed)
Have a good Saturday, 27th October
12th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1935 Luciano Pavarotti (singer)
Died:
1997 John Denver (Country Music singer)
On This Day:
1968 Equatorial Guinea declares its independence (from Spain)
Have a good Friday, 12th October
17th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Ted Hughes (British Poet Laureate)
Died:
1850 Jose de San Martin (Revolutionary and General in South America leading in Argentina, Chile and Peru for independence from Spain)
On This Day:
1950 Indonesia gains independence (from The Netherlands)
10th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1960 Antonio Banderas (actor – Evita)
Died:
1945 Robert H Goddard (built first liquid fueled rocket)
On This Day:
1809 Ecuador declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Friday, 10th August
3rd August – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 Martin Sheen (actor – The West Wing)
Died:
1924 Joseph Conrad (author – Heart Of Darkness)
On This Day:
1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage to find “The Indies”
Have a good Friday, 3rd August
28th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1866 Beatrix Potter (children’s author & illustrator – Peter Rabbit)
Died:
1741 Antonio Vivaldi (composer – The Four Seasons)
On This Day:
1821 Peru declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Saturday, 28th July
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
