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1st January – On This Day In History
Born:
1919 JD Salinger (author – Catcher In The Rye)
Died:
1953 Hank Williams (country singer)
On This Day:
1801 The Irish Parliament votes to join the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Ireland)
Have a good Tuesday, 1st January
31st December – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Anthony Hopkins (actor – Silence Of The Lambs)
Died:
2015 Natalie Cole (singer)
On This Day:
1983 Brunei gains independence (from Britain)
Have a good Monday, 31st December
30th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1865 Rudyard Kipling (author – Jungle Book)
Died:
1970 Sonny Liston (boxer)
On This Day:
1947 Romania declared a republic
Have a good Sunday, 30th December
29th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1972 Jude Law (actor – The Talented Mr Ripley)
Died:
2012 Tony Greig (England cricket captain and commentator)
On This Day:
1845 Texas admitted as the 28th State of the USA
Have a good Saturday, 29th December
26th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1986 Kit Harrington (actor – Game of Thrones)
Died:
2001 Nigel Hawthorne (actor)
On This Day:
1982 TIME announces that its Man Of The Year is a computer
Have a good Wednesday, 26th December
25th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1642 Isaac Newton (physicist – Gravity & Laws of Motion)
Died:
2016 George Michael (musician – Wham!)
On This Day:
1946 Taiwan accepts its constitution
Have a good Tuesday, 25th December
27th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1822 Matthew Arnold (poet)
Died:
1524 Vasco Da Gama (explorer)
On This Day:
1954 Laos gains independence
Have a good Monday, 24th December
23rd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1985 Harry Judd (drummer – McFly)
Died:
2013 Mikhail Kalashnikov (inventor of the AK-47)
On This Day:
1937 The Vickers Wellington bomber first flies
Have a good Sunday, 23rd December
22nd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Maurice Gibb (musician – Bee Gees)
Died:
2014 Joe Cocker (musician)
On This Day:
1978 Thailand adopts its constitution
Have a good Saturday, 22nd December
21st December – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Samuel L Jackson (actor)
Died:
1940 F Scott Fitzgerald (author – The Great Gatsby)
On This Day:
1923 Nepal becomes independent (was a British Protectorate)
Have a good Friday, 21st December
