comedian
20th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Robert Plant (musician – Led Zeppelin)

Died:
2017 Jerry Lewis (comedian)

On This Day:
1991 Estonia declares it independence (from the USSR)

Have a good Monday, 20th August
19th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1871 Orville Wright (aviation pioneer – The Wright Brothers)

Died:
1977 Groucho Marx (comedian – Marx Brothers)

On This Day:
1919 Afghanistan declares its independence (from Britain)

Have a good Sunday, 19th August
14th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1945 Steve Martin (actor & comedian)

Died:
1967 Bob Anderson (British racing driver)

On This Day:
1945 Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW2

Have a good Tuesday, 14th August
27th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1955 Allan Border (Australian cricketer)

Died:
2003 Bob Hope (actor and comedian)

On This Day:
1949 First jet engine airliner flies (De Havilland Comet)

Have a good Friday, 27th July
13th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1953 Tim Allen (comedian – Home Improvement)

Died:
2014 Chuck Noll (NFL Pittsburgh Steelers’ Head Coach)

On This Day:
1898 Yukon Territory (Canada) established

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5th June – On This Day
Born:
1976 Ross Noble (comedian)

Died:
2004 Ronald Reagan (40th President of the USA)

On This Day:
1944 Operation Tonga – British gliders carrying troops touch down in France as part of the D-Day invasions

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29th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1903 Bob Hope (actor & comedian)

Died:
2017 Manuel Noriega (Panamanian dictator)

On This Day:
1848 Wisconsin becomes the 30th State of the USA

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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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25th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1642 Isaac Newton (physicist – Gravity and the Laws of Motion)

Died:
1977 Charlie Chaplin (actor & comedian)

On This Day:
352 Earliest definitive date that Christmas would have been celebrated on the 25th December

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