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2nd September – On This Day In History
Born:
1675 William Somervile (poet)
Died:
1834 Thomas Telford (engineer)
On This Day:
1930 First non stop flight to the US from Europe (takes 37 hours)
Have a good Wednesday, 2nd September
29th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1943 Eva Boyd (Little Eva – singer, Locomotion)
Died:
1861 Elizabeth Browning (poet)
On This Day:
1916 Boeing airplane flies for the first time
Have a good Monday, 29th June
13th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1865 William Butler Yeats (Irish poet)
Died:
1986 Benny Goodman (musician)
On This Day:
1990 Boeing 767 sets new record for a non stop commercial flight (Seattle to Nairobi)
Have a good Saturday, 13th June
20th May – On This Day In History
1944 Joe Cocker (musician)
Died:
1506 Christopher Columbus (explorer)
On This Day:
1927 Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to fly across the Atlantic to Paris
Have a great Wednesday, 20th May
28th April – Today In History
Born:
1924 Kenneth Kaunda (founding president of Zambia)
Died:
Benito Mussolini (Dictator of Italy)
On This Day:
1937 Pam Am flies the first commercial flight across the Pacific
Have a good Tuesday, 28th April
16th April – Today in History
A significant birth:
1867 Wilbur Wright (of Wright Brothers Fame)
A significant death:
1948 Babe Ruth (baseball legend)
Significant Event:
1724 First Easter observed
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