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16th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1867 Wilbur Wright (aviator – Wright Brothers)
Died:
2002 Robert Urich (actor)
On This Day:
2014 South Korean ferry MV Sewol sinks. 304 people drown.
Have a good Monday, 16th April
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1st April – On This Day In History
Born:
1950 Bill Currie (musician – Ultravox)
Died:
2010 John Forsythe (actor – Charlie’s Angles, Dynasty)
On This Day:
1918 The Royal Flying Corp and The Royal Naval Air Service are combined to make The Royal Air Force (RAF)
Have a good Sunday, 1st April
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25th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1942 Aretha Franklin (singer)
Died:
2001 Brian Trubshaw (first to fly Concorde)
On This Day:
1970 Concorde makes its first supersonic flight
Have a good Sunday, 25th March
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13th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1923 Chuck Yeagar (test pilot, first to break the sound barrier)
Died:
2003 Stacy Keach (actor – Pretty Woman)
On This Day:
1668 Treaty of Lisbon signed (Spain recognised Portugal)
Have a good Tuesday, 13th February
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4th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1902 Charles Lindbergh (first to fly solo across the Atlantic)
Died:
1987 Liberace (pianist)
On This Day:
1948 Sri Lanks declares its independence (from Britain – it was Ceylon)
Have a good Sunday, 4th February
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27th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composer)
Died:
2010 JD Salinger (novelist – Catcher In The Rye)
On This Day:
1939 First flight of Lockheed’s P-38 Lightning
Have a good Saturday, 27th January
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22nd January – On This Day In History
Born:
1788 Lord Byron (romantic poet)
Died:
1901 Queen Victoria (Britain’s Queen, 1827 – 1901)
On This Day:
1970 First commercial flight of a Boeing 747 (PanAm New York City to London)
Have a good Monday, 22nd January
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9th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1944 Jimmy Page (guitarist – Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven)
Died:
1992 Steve Brodie (actor)
On This Day:
1969 First trial flight of the Concorde (Bristol, England)
Have a good Tuesday, 9th January
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26th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1893 Mao Zedong (Chinese revolutionary leader)
Died:
1972 Harry Truman (33rd US President)
On This Day:
1975 First supersonic transport service operates (Tupolev 144)
Have a good Tuesday, 26th December
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12th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1915 Frank Sinatra (singer)
Died:
1889 Robert Browning (poet)
On This Day:
1953 Chuck Yeager flies at Mach 2.43 in the Bell X-1A
Have a good Tuesday, 12th December
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