egypt
12th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Mark Knopfler (guitarist – Dire Straits)
Died:
30 BC Cleopatra (last Egyptian ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty)
On This Day:
1992 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, USA & Mexico) negotiations declared completed
Have a good Sunday, 12th August
15th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1606 Rembrandt van Rijn (painter – Night Watch)
Died:
1997 Gianni Versace (fashion designer)
On This Day:
1799 The Rosetta Stone is discovered, allowing for translation of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
Have a good Sunday, 15th July
10th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1509 John Calvin (protestant religious reformer and founder of Calvinism)
Died:
2015 Omar Sharif (actor – Doctor Zhivago)
On This Day:
1890 Wyoming becomes the 44th State of the USA
Have a good Tuesday, 10th July
18th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1942 Paul McCartney (musician and member of The Beatles)
Died:
1928 Roald Amundsen (led first polar expedition to the South Pole)
On This Day:
1953 Egypt proclaimed as a republic
Have a good Monday, 18th June
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25th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1599 Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector of England)
Died:
1878 Anne Sewell (author – Black Beauty)
On This Day:
1859 Ground is broken for the construction of the Suez Canal
Have a good Wednesday, 25th April
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16th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1954 Jimmy Nail (singer & actor – Evita)
Died:
2005 Anthony George (actor – The Untouchables)
On This Day:
1922 Egypt obtains independence (from Britain)
Have a good Friday, 16th March
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23rd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1971 Corey Haim (actor – Silver Bullet)
Died:
1972 Charles Atlas (body builder)
On This Day:
1912 Aswan Dam, on the Nile, begins operations
Have a good Saturday, 23rd December
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To The Nile
Son of the old Moon-mountains African!
Chief of the Pyramid and Crocodile!
We call thee fruitful, and that very while
A desert fills our seeing’s inward span:
Nurse of swart nations since the world began,
Art thou so fruitful? or dost thou beguile
Such men to honour thee, who, worn with toil,
Rest for a space ‘twixt Cairo and Decan?
O may dark fancies err! They surely do;
‘Tis ignorance that makes a barren waste
Of all beyond itself. Thou dost bedew
Green rushes like our rivers, and dost taste
The pleasant sunrise. Green isles hast thou too,
And to the sea as happily dost haste.
– John Keats
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12th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Mark Knopfler (guitarist, Dire Straits)
Died
30 BC Cleopatra (last of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt)
On This Day:
1833 The town of Chicago is incorporated
Have a good Saturday, 12th August
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15th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1606 Rembrandt van Rijn (painter)
Died:
1997 Gianni Versace (fashion designer)
On This Day:
1799 The Rosetta Stone is discovered, opening up the opportunity to translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
Have a good Saturday, 15th July
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