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27th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1822 Matthew Arnold (poet)
Died:
1524 Vasco Da Gama (explorer)
On This Day:
1954 Laos gains independence
Have a good Monday, 24th December
23rd November – On This Day In History
Born:
1992 Miley Cyrus (singer & actress – Hannah Montana)
Died:
2012 Larry Hagman (actor – JR in Dallas)
On This Day:
2007 MS Explorer (cruise liner with 154 people on board) sinks after hitting an iceberg
Have a good Friday, 23rd November
29th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1971 Winona Ryder (actress)
Died:
1618 Walter Raleigh (British explorer and scholar – beheaded for treason)
On This Day:
1923 Turkey declares its independence (was the Ottoman Empire)
Have a good Monday, 29th October
1st August – On This Day In History
Born:
1957 Gloria Estefan (singer – Miami Sound Machine)
Died:
1557 Jacques Cartier (French explorer – claimed Canada for France)
On This Day:
2015 Google changes its logo – the biggest change since 1999
20th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1944 Joe Cocker (rock musician)
Died:
1506 Christopher Columbus (explorer credited with opening up the New World)
On This Day:
1927 Saudi Arabia becomes independent (from Britain)
Have a good Sunday, 20th May
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1st May – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Joanna Lumley (actress)
Died:
1873 David Livingstone (explorer)
On This Day:
1853 Argentina adopts its constitution
Have a good Tuesday, 1st May
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29th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1941 Terence Hill (actor)
Died:
1912 Robert Falcon Scott (polar explorer)
On This Day:
1798 Formation of the Republic of Switzerland
Have a good Thursday, 29th March
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19th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1813 David Livingstone (explorer)
Died:
2008 Arthur C Clarke (sci-fi author – 2001 A Space Odyssey)
On This Day:
1932 Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Have a good Monday, 19th March
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9th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1934 Yuri Gagarin (Russian cosmonaut and first man in space)
Died:
2016 George Martin (record producer – The Beatles)
On This Day:
1834 The French Foreign Legion is founded
Have a good Friday, 9th March
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30th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1451 Christopher Columbus (explorer)
Died:
2000 Steve Allen (comedian and TV presenter)
On This Day:
1938 “War Of The Worlds” broadcast on the radio, allegedly causing a mass panic as people think it is a news report
Have a good Monday, 30th October
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