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17th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1929 Stirling Moss (racing car driver)
Died:
2000 Paula Yates (TV Presenter)
On This Day:
1900 Commonwealth of Australia is proclaimed
Have a good Monday, 17th September
4th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Tom Watson (golfer and five times British Open Winner)
Died:
2006 Steve Irwin (TV personality and naturalist)
On This Day:
1964 Forth Road Bridge opens (the new one opened earlier this year)
Have a good Tuesday, 4th September
20th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Robert Plant (musician – Led Zeppelin)
Died:
2017 Jerry Lewis (comedian)
On This Day:
1991 Estonia declares it independence (from the USSR)
Have a good Monday, 20th August
18th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1969 Christian Slater (actor – Robin Hood)
Died:
1227 Genghis Khan (Mongol leader and conqueror)
On This Day:
Hungary adopts in constitution
Have a good Saturday, 18th August
14th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1945 Steve Martin (actor & comedian)
Died:
1967 Bob Anderson (British racing driver)
On This Day:
1945 Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW2
Have a good Tuesday, 14th August
25th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1923 Estelle Getty (actress – The Golden Girls)
Died:
1834 Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Romantic poet)
On This Day In History
1957 Republic of Tunisia forms (monarchy abolished)
Have a good Wednesday, 25th July
24th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1802 Alexander Dumas (author – The Three Musketeers)
Died:
1980 Peter Sellers (actor & comedian – The Pink Panther)
On This Day:
1927 The Menin Gate is unveiled in Ypres (memorial to those who are missing in the battlefields of Flanders in World War 1)
Have a good Tuesday, 24th July
