exploration
5th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon)
Died:
1962 Marilyn Monroe (actress)
On This Day:
1957 “Andy Capp”, the comic strip, debuts
Have a good Saturday, 5th August
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13th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1966 Patrick Dempsey (actor)
Died:
1929 Wyatt Earp (legendary US Marshall)
On This Day:
1888 National Geographic Society is formed
Have a good Friday, 13th January
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8th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1935 Elvis Presley (King of Rock and Roll)
Died:
1324 Marco Polo (Venetian explorer)
On This Day:
1806 Cape Colony becomes a British Colony
Have a good Sunday, 8th January
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25th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1897 William Faulkner (author and Nobel Laureate)
Died
2010 Art Gilmor (actor)
On This Day:
1992 Mars Observer launched from the space shuttle
Have a good Sunday, 25th September
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16th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1872 Roald Amundsen (Leader of the first expedition to the South Pole)
Died:
2012 Kitty Wells (country singer)
On This Day:
1790 District of Columbia established by the Congress of the US.
Have a good Saturday, 16th July
27th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1963 Quentin Tarantino (director & actor)
Died:
1968 Yuri Gagarin (first man to orbit Earth)
On This Day:
1871 First International game of rugby (Scotland v England)
Have a good Sunday, 27th March
28th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1957 Nick Price (South African professional golfer)
Died:
1595 Sir Francis Drake (English navigator and explorer)
On This Day:
1807 Pall Mall (London) becomes the first street to be lit by gaslight
Have a good Thursday, 28th January
20th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Buzz Aldrin (US astronaut)
Died:
1948 Mahatma Ghandi (Indian pacifist)
On This Day:
1841 China cedes Hong Kong to Britain (after 1st opium war)
Have a good Wednesday, 20th January
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