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27th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1822 Louis Pasteur (invented pasteurization)
Died:
2016 Carrie Fisher (actress – Star Wars)
On This Day:
1943 The Scharnhorst (German battleship) sinks in the Barents Sea
Have a good Thursday, 27th December
23rd November – On This Day In History
Born:
1992 Miley Cyrus (singer & actress – Hannah Montana)
Died:
2012 Larry Hagman (actor – JR in Dallas)
On This Day:
2007 MS Explorer (cruise liner with 154 people on board) sinks after hitting an iceberg
Have a good Friday, 23rd November
19th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1962 Jodie Foster (actress – Silence Of The Lambs)
Died:
1828 Franz Schubert (composer)
On This Day:
1863 Abraham Lincoln delivers The Gettysburg Address
Have a good Monday, 19th November
13th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1955 Whoopi Goldberg (actress & comedian)
Died:
1973 Elsa Schiaparelli (fashion designer)
On This Day:
2015 ISIS terror attacks in Paris kill 129
Have a good Tuesday, 13th November
29th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1971 Winona Ryder (actress)
Died:
1618 Walter Raleigh (British explorer and scholar – beheaded for treason)
On This Day:
1923 Turkey declares its independence (was the Ottoman Empire)
Have a good Monday, 29th October
16th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1925 Angela Lansbury (actress – Murder She Wrote)
Died:
1793 Marie Antoinette (Queen of France, beheaded during The French Revolution)
On This Day:
1950 The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (by CS Lewis) is released
Have a good Tuesday, 16th October
15th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1029 Mario Puzo (author – The Godfather)
Died:
2011 Betty Driver (Elizabeth Driver), actress – Coronation Street
On This Day:
1952 Charlotte’s Web (by EB White) is published
Have a good Monday, 15th October
11th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1957 Dawn French (actor & comedian – Vicar of Dibley)
Died:
2015 Dean Chance (baseball player)
On This Day:
1972 Panama adopts its constitution
Have a good Thursday, 11th October
8th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Sigourney Weaver (actress – Alien)
Died:
1793 John Hancock (first to sign the American Declaration of Independence)
On This Day:
1600 San Marino adopts its constitution
Have a good Monday, 8th October
11th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1885 DH Lawrence (poet and author – Lady Chatterley’s Lover)
Died:
1994 Jessica Tandy (actress – Driving Miss Daisy)
On This Day:
2001 Hijacked airliners are deliberately flown by terrorists into the World Trade Center Towers in New York City. Another is crashed into the Pentagon and another is crashed as hijacked victims fight to regain control of the aircraft.
Have a good Tuesday, 11th September
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