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3rd August – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 Martin Sheen (actor – The West Wing)
Died:
1924 Joseph Conrad (author – Heart Of Darkness)
On This Day:
1798 Battle of the Nile (Nelson forces French fleet to surrender)
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1st August – On This Day In History
Born:
1819 Herman Melville (author – Moby Dick)
Died:
30 BC Mark Anthony (Roman leader)
On This Day:
1793 France becomes the first country to use the metric system
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21st July – On This Day In History
Born:
1899 Ernest Hemingway (Nobel prize winning author)
Died:
1796 Robert Burns (Scottish poet)
On This Day:
1884 First Test Cricket match played at Lords
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18th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1918 Nelson Mandela (statesman)
Died:
1817 Jane Austen (author)
On This Day:
2013 The City of Detroit files for bankruptcy ($18.5 billion!)
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13th July – On This Day In History
Born:
100 BC Julius Caesar (Roman politician and general)
Died:
2014 Nadine Gordimer (author and Nobel laureate)
On This Day:
2016 Theresa May elected PM of Britain by Conservative Part MP’s
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9th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1945 Dean R Koontz (author of sci-fi and horror)
Died:
2002 Rod Steiger (actor)
On This Day:
1780 Denmark declares neutrality
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4th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne (author – The Scarlet Letter)
Died:
1916 Alan Seeger (War Poet)
On This Day:
1776 The USA declares its independence (from Britain)
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21st June – On This Day In History
Born:
1982 Prince William (Duke of Cambridge)
Died:
2003 Leon Uris (author)
On This Day:
1788 US Constitution comes into effect
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11th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1913 Vince Lombardi (legendary football coach – Green Bay Packers)
Died:
1998 Catherine Cookson (author)
On This Day:
1891 Peurto Rico adopts its flag
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9th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1672 Peter The Great, Tsar of Russia
Died:
1870 Charles Dickens (classic author)
On This Day:
1898 China leases Hong Kong to Britain for a period of 99 years
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