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26th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1907 John Wayne (actor, best known for Westerns)
Died:
2008 Sydney Pollack (actor & director)
On This Day:
1926 Lebanon adopts its constitution
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25th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1979 Johnny Wilkinson (England rugby player)
Died:
1971 Terence De Marney (actor – Dr Who)
On This Day:
1946 Jordan gains its independence (from Britain)
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23rd May – On This Day In History
Born:
1958 Drew Carey (actor & comedian)
Died:
1868 Kit Carson (American frontiersman)
On This Day:
1568 The Netherlands declares independence (from Spain)
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21st May – On This Day In History
Born:
1688 Alexander Pope (poet)
Died:
2000 Sir John Gielgud (actor)
On This Day:
1927 Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris in The Spirit Of St Louis after making the first solo air crossing of the Atlantic
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18th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1868 Tsar Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia
Died:
1995 Elizabeth Montgomery (actress)
On This Day:
1897 Dracula (by Bram Stoker) is published
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16th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1953 Pierce Brosnan (actor – James Bond, Remington Steele)
Died:
1990 Jim Henson (puppeteer – The Muppet Show)
On This Day:
1971 Bulgaria adopts its constitution
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14th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1944 George Lucas (director of Star Wars and Indiana Jones)
Died:
1998 Frank Sinatra (singer & actor)
On This Day:
1811 Paraguay gains independence (from Spain)
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12th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1820 Florence Nightingale (pioneering British nurse in the Crimean War)
Died:
1992 Robert Reed (actor)
On This Day:
1215 English nobles serve King John with the ultimatum that will lead to the signing of the Magna Carta
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10th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1899 Fred Astaire (dancer & actor)
Died:
1818 Paul Revere (American War of Independence patriot)
On This Day:
1994 Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa’s first black president
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4th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1929 Audrey Hepburn (actress)
Died:
1987 Paul Butterfield (singer & harmonica player)
On This Day:
1843 Great Britain annexes Natal, South Africa
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