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26th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1888 TS Eliot (poet & Nobel Prize winner)
Died:
2008 Paul Newman (actor – Hustler)
On This Day:
1962 The declaration of the Republic of Yemen
Have a good Wednesday, 26th September
19th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Jeremy Irons (actor – The Lion King)
Died:
2017 Jake LaMotta (boxing champion)
On This Day:
1975 “Fawlty Towers” (with John Cleese) premiers
Have a good Wednesday, 19th September
16th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1952 Micky Rourke (actor)
Died:
2016 Edward Albee (playwright – Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolfe?)
On This Day:
1857 Mexico adopts its constitution
Have a good Sunday, 16th September
14th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1957 Kepler Wessels (South African cricketer)
Died:
2009 Patrick Swayze (actor & dancer – Dirty Dancing)
On This Day:
2012 Ferry sinks off Indonesia, killing 21
Have a good Friday, 14th September
13th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1916 Roald Dahl (author – Charlie And The Chocolate Factory)
Died:
1996 Tupac Shakur (rapper & actor)
On This Day:
1979 Venda is granted independence by South Africa (but not recognised outside of South Africa)
Have a good Thursday, 13th September
9th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1966 Adam Sandler (actor – Happy Gilmore)
Died:
1976 Mao Zedong (revolutionary and leader of China)
On This Day
1850 California becomes the 31st State of the USA
Have a good Sunday, 9th September
3rd September – On This Day In History
Born:
1965 Charlie Sheen (actor – Platoon)
Died:
1658 Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector of England)
On This Day:
1971 Qatar regains independence (from Britain)
Have a good Monday, 3rd September
29th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1958 Michael Jackson (singer & songwriter)
Died:
2016 Gene Wilder (actor – Charlie And The Chocolate Factory)
On This Day:
1964 Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins is released
Have a good Wednesday, 29th August
25th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Sean Connery (actor – James Bond)
Died:
2012 Neil Armstrong (first man to walk on the Moon)
On This Day:
1940 Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania all become part of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Have a good Saturday, 25th August
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8th September – On This Day In History
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Born:
1971 Martin Freeman (actor – The Hobbit)
Died:
1994 Rex Alston (cricketer and commentator)
On This Day:
1504 The Statue of David (Michelangelo) is unveiled in Florence
Have a good Saturday, 8th September
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