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18th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1956 Martina Navratilova (tennis champion)
Died:
1931 Thomas Edison (inventor – light bulb and many other innovations)
On This Day:
1922 The founding of the British Broadcasting Company, later the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Have a good Thursday, 18th October
5th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1951 Bob Geldof (musician and activist)
Died:
2011 Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple)
On This Day:
1908 Bulgaria declares independence (from Turkey)
Have a good Friday, 5th October
20th July – On This Day In History
Born:
356 BC Alexander The Great (military genius and King of Macedonia)
Died:
1973 Bruce Lee (martial arts expert and actor)
On This Day:
1969 First men step on The Moon (Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11)
Have a good Friday, 20th July
29th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1943 Little Eva (pop singer)
Died:
1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning (poet)
On This Day:
1962 First flight of the Vickers VC-10
Have a good Friday, 29th June
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23rd April – On This Day In History
Born:
1928 Shirley Temple (actress)
Died:
1616 William Shakespeare (playwright, poet)
On This Day:
1982 The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is released
Have a good Monday, 23rd April
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11th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1960 Jeremy Clarkson (British motoring journalist – Top Gear & Grand Tour)
Died:
1856 Juan Santamaria (Costa Rican national hero)
On This Day:
1976 The Apple 1 computer is released
Have a good Wednesday, 11th April
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29th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Robert Evans (director – The Godfather)
Died:
1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning (poet)
On This Day:
1916 The first Boeing aircraft flies
Have a good Thursday, 29th June
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2nd April – On This Day In History
Born:
1805 Hans Christian Andersen (Danish author of fairy tales)
Died:
1872 Samuel Morse (inventor of the Morse Code)
On This Day:
1912 The Titanic undergoes sea trials
Have a good Sunday, 2nd April
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2nd July – On This Day In History
Born:
1929 Imelda Marcos (Filipino politician and First Lady who collected over 1000 pairs of shoes)
Died:
1566 Nostradamus (astrologist, famous for making predictions about the future)
On This Day:
1698 Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine
Have a good Saturday, 2nd July
23rd April – On This Day In History
Born:
1564 William Shakespeare (English playwright). Died on the same day 52 years later.
Died:
2007 Boris Yeltsin (first president of the Russian Federation)
On This Day:
1982 The Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer is released
Have a good Saturday, 23rd April
