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3rd November – On This Day In History

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Born:

1949 Larry Holmes (boxer) 

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Died:

1954 Henri Matisse (painter and sculptor) 

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On This Day:

1918 Poland declares independence (from Russia)

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Have a good Saturday, 3rd November

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28th October – On This Day In History

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Born:

1955 Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft)

 

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Died:

1998 Ted Hughes (British Poet Laureate) 

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On This Day:

1886 Statue of Liberty in New York dedicated (by President Grover Cleveland)

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Have a good Sunday, 28th October

 

 

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24th October – On This Day In History

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Born:

1985 Wayne Rooney (English footballer)

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Died:

2005 Rosa Parks (civil rights activist)

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On This Day:

2003 Concorde makes its final commercial flight

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Have a good Wednesday, 24th October

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23rd October – On This Day In History

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Born:

1940 Pele (Brazilian footballing icon)

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Died:

1957 Christian Dior (fashion designer)

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On This Day:

1941 Dumbo (Walt Disney) is released

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Have a good Tuesday, 23rd October

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22nd October – On This Day In History

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Born:

1952 Jeff Goldblum (actor – Jurassic Park)

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Died:

1906 Paul Cezanne (artist)

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On This Day:

1924 Toastmasters International is founded

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Have a good Monday, 22nd October

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19th October – On This Day In History

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Born:

1940 Michael Gambon (actor – Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter)

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Died:

1745 Jonathan Swift (author – Gulliver’s Travels)

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On This Day:

1960 Mauritania granted independence (by France)

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Have  good Friday, 19th October

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16th October – On This Day In History

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Born:

1925 Angela Lansbury (actress – Murder She Wrote)

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Died:

1793 Marie Antoinette (Queen of France, beheaded during The French Revolution)

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On This Day:

1950 The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (by CS Lewis) is released

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Have a good Tuesday, 16th October

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8th October – On This Day In History

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Born:

1949 Sigourney Weaver (actress – Alien)

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Died:

1793 John Hancock (first to sign the American Declaration of Independence)

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On This Day:

1600 San Marino adopts its constitution

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Have a good Monday, 8th October

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30th September – On This Day In History

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Born:

1980 Martina Hingis

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Died:

1955 James Dean (cultural icon and actor)

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On This Day:

1958 Guinea becomes independent (was French Guinea, controlled by France)

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Have a good Sunday, 30th September

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28th September – On This Day In History

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Born:

551 BC Confucius (Chinese Philosopher) 

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Died:

2017 Hugh Hefner (Playboy publisher)

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On This Day:

1958 France adopts its constitution

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Have a good Friday, 28th September

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