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1st November – On This Day In History
Born:
1935 Gary Player (legendary South African golfer)
Died:
2014 Wayne Static (musician)
On This Day:
1947 Howard Hughes takes to the air in “Spruce Goose”, the biggest wooden plane ever flown
Have a good Tuesday, 1st November
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26th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1983 Luke Watson (South African ruby player)
Died:
1972 Igor Sikorsky (helicopter builder)
On This Day:
1825 The Erie Canal, connecting the Hudson River with Lake Erie is opened
Have a good Wednesday, 26th October
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10th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1825 Paul Kruger (President of The South African Republic in 1883 and Boer leader)
Died:
1875 Alexsey Tolstoy (Russian novelist)
On This Day:
1959 PanAm begins scheduled flights around the world
Have a good Monday, 10th October
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1st October – On This Day In History
Born:
1881 William Edward Boeing (founder of Boeing aircraft company)
Died:
2000 Reginald Kray (British gangster)
On This Day:
1888 National Geographic magazine first published
Have a good Saturday, 1st October
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19th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1871 Orville Wright (aviation pioneer)
Died:
1977 Groucho Marx (comedian)
On This Day:
1909 Indianapolis 500 race track is opened
Have a good Friday, 19th August
18th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1936 Robert Redford (actor)
Died:
1227 Genghis Khan (Mongol conqueror)
On This Day:
1930 Eastern Airlines begins its first passenger service
Have a good Thursday, 18th August
24th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1897 Amelia Earhart (first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic)
Died:
1980 Peter Sellers (actor and comedian)
On This Day:
1938 Instant coffee invented
Have a good Sunday, 24th July
22nd July – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Danny Glover (actor)
Died:
1934 John Dillinger (outlaw)
On This Day:
1933 First solo flight around the world (by Wiley Post)
Have a good Friday, 22nd July
12 July – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Bill Crosby (actor and comedian)
Died:
1982 Kenneth More (actor)
On This Day:
1948 First jets fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)
Have a good Tuesday, 12th July
29th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Robert Evans (film producer – The Godfather)
Died:
1861 Elizabeth Browning (poet)
On This Day:
1916 Boeing flies its first aircraft
Have a good Wednesday, 29th June
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