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23rd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1985 Harry Judd (drummer – McFly)
Died:
2013 Mikhail Kalashnikov (inventor of the AK-47)
On This Day:
1937 The Vickers Wellington bomber first flies
Have a good Sunday, 23rd December
2nd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1973 Monica Seles (tennis champion)
Died:
1814 Marques de Sade (writer – terms sadism and sadist come from his name)
On This Day:
1969 First public preview of the Boeing 747
Have a good Sunday, 2nd December
29th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1898 CS Lewis (author – Narnia series)
Died:
1986 Cary Grant (actor)
On This Day:
1962 Britain and France agree to jointly build Concorde
Have a good Thursday, 29th November
24th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1985 Wayne Rooney (English footballer)
Died:
2005 Rosa Parks (civil rights activist)
On This Day:
2003 Concorde makes its final commercial flight
Have a good Wednesday, 24th October
10th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1929 Arnold Palmer (legendary golfer)
Died:
2007 Jane Wyman (actress)
On This Day
1993 Boeing produces its 1000th 747
Have a good Monday, 10th September
26th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1910 Mother Teresa (nun, founder of Missionaries of Charity and Nobel Peace Prize winner)
Died:
1974 Charles Lindbergh (aviator – first to fly across the Atlantic)
On This Day:
2011 The Boeing 787 (Dreamliner) receives official certification
Have a good Sunday, 26th 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
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
29th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1943 Little Eva (pop singer)
Died:
1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning (poet)
On This Day:
1962 First flight of the Vickers VC-10
Have a good Friday, 29th June
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21st May – On This Day In History
Born:
1688 Alexander Pope (poet)
Died:
2000 Sir John Gielgud (actor)
On This Day:
1927 Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris in The Spirit Of St Louis after making the first solo air crossing of the Atlantic
Have a good Monday, 21st May
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