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24th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1962 Jack Dee (comedian)

Died:
1991 Theodore Geisel (Dr Seuss)

On This Day:
1948 The Honda Motor Company is formed

Have a good Saturday, 24th September
24th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1957 Stephen Fry (actor & comedian)

Died:
2014 Richard Attenborough (actor)

On This Day:
1456 The completion of the printing of the Gutenburg Bible
Have a good Wednesday, 24th August
19th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1871 Orville Wright (aviation pioneer)

Died:
1977 Groucho Marx (comedian)

On This Day:
1909 Indianapolis 500 race track is opened

Have a good Friday, 19th August
7th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1960 David Duchovny (actor)

Died:
1957 Oliver Hardy (comedian – Laurel and Hardy)

On This Day:
1990 Operation Desert Shield begins with US troops deployed to Saudi Arabia

Have a good Sunday, 7th August
27th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1983 Alsou (Russian singer and actor)

Died:
2003 Bob Hope (actor and comedian)

On This Day:
1940 Bugs Bunny debuts

Have a good Wednesday, 27th July
24th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1897 Amelia Earhart (first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic)

Died:
1980 Peter Sellers (actor and comedian)

On This Day:
1938 Instant coffee invented

Have a good Sunday, 24th July
12 July – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Bill Crosby (actor and comedian)

Died:
1982 Kenneth More (actor)

On This Day:
1948 First jets fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)

Have a good Tuesday, 12th July
15th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1954 James Belushi (comedian)

Deaths:
1996 Ella Fitzgerald (singer)

On This Day:
1215 King John signs the Magna Carta at Runnymede, England

Have a good Wednesday, 15th June
30th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1961 Harry Enfield (comedian)

Died:
1744 Alexander Pope (poet)

On This Day:
1913 Albania forms

Have a good Monday, 30th May
19th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1953 Victoria Wood (comedy actress)

Died:
1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne (author – The Scarlet Letter)

On This Day:
1536 Ann Boleyne (2nd wife of Henry VIII) is beheaded for treason

Have a good Tu, 19th May
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