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11th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1897 Enid Blyton (author of children’s books)
Died:
2014 Robin Williams (actor and comedian)
On This Day:
1960 Chad declares independence (from France)
Have a good Saturday, 11th August
9th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1828 Leo Tolstoy (author – War & Peace)
Died:
1969 Sharon Tate (actress, murdered by Manson’s gang)
On This Day:
1945 US drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
Have a good Thursday, 9th August
8th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Dustin Hoffman (actor – Tootsie)
Died:
1994 Leonid Leonov (Russian author & playwright)
On This Day:
1947 Pakistan’s national flag is approved
Have a good Wednesday, 8th August
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:
1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail on his first voyage to find “The Indies”
Have a good Friday, 3rd August
1st August – On This Day In History
Born:
1819 Herman Melville (author – Moby Dick)
Died:
30 BC Mark Anthony (Roman General)
On This Day:
1876 Colorado becomes the 38th State of the USA
Have a good Wednesday, 1st August
30th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1818 Emily Bronte (author – Wuthering Heights)
Died:
1918 Joyce Kilmer (poet)
On This Day:
1980 Vanuatu gains independence (from Britain and France, used to be New Hebrides)
Have a good Monday, 30th July
28th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1866 Beatrix Potter (children’s author & illustrator – Peter Rabbit)
Died:
1741 Antonio Vivaldi (composer – The Four Seasons)
On This Day:
1821 Peru declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Saturday, 28th July
26th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1856 George Bernard Shaw (playwright, Pygmalion – Nobel Prize winner)
Died:
1952 Eva Peron (Evita) First Lady of Argentina
On This Day:
1847 Liberia becomes an independent nation
Have a good Thursday, 26th July
24th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1802 Alexander Dumas (author – The Three Musketeers)
Died:
1980 Peter Sellers (actor & comedian – The Pink Panther)
On This Day:
1927 The Menin Gate is unveiled in Ypres (memorial to those who are missing in the battlefields of Flanders in World War 1)
Have a good Tuesday, 24th July
18th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1918 Nelson Mandela (South African leader and iconic statesman)
Died:
1817 Jane Austin (novelist – Pride and Prejudice)
On This Day:
2012 Kim Jong-un is appointed the Supreme Leader of North Korea
Have a good Wednesday, 18th July
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