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9th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1934 Yuri Gagarin (Russian cosmonaut and first man in space)
Died:
2016 George Martin (record producer – The Beatles)
On This Day:
1834 The French Foreign Legion is founded
Have a good Friday, 9th March
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1st March – On This Day In History
Born:
1810 Fredric Chopin (composer & pianist)
Died:
1984 Jackie Coogan (actor)
On This Day:
1803 Ohio becomes the 17th State of the USA
have a good Thursday, 1st March
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27th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1807 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Poet)
Died:
1892 Louis Vuitton (founder of Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods)
On This Day:
1844 Dominican Republic gains independence (from Haiti)
Have a good Tuesday, 27th February
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26th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1802 Victor Hugo (author – “Les Miserables”)
Died:
2014 Frank Reed (singer – soul music)
On This Day:
1993 World Trade Center, New York, is bombed (truck bomb in the parking garage)
Have a good Monday, 26th February
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11th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1847 Thomas Edison (inventor – light bulb, movie camera etc)
Died:
1650 Rene Descartes (French philosopher)
On This Day:
1814 Norway proclaims independence
Have a good Sunday 11th February
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21st January – On This Day In History
Born:
1905 Christian Dior (fashion designer)
Died:
1793 Louis XVI (beheaded during The French Revolution)
On This Day:
1976 Concorde has its first supersonic commercial flights
Have a good Sunday, 21st January
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18th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1882 AA Milne (author of Winnie – the – Pooh)
Died:
1677 Jan Van Riebeek (founder of Dutch Cape Colony at Cape Town)
On This Day:
2005 The A380, the world’s largest commercial airliner, is unveiled by Airbus in France
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15th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1412 Joan of Arc (Saint)
Died:
2008 Brad Renfro (actor)
On This Day:
1975 Portugal signs the accord to give Angola independence
Have a good Monday, 15th January
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1st January – On This Day In History
Born:
1919 JD Salinger (author – Catcher In The Rye)
Died:
1953 Hank Williams (country singer)
On This Day:
1804 Haiti gains independence (from France)
Have a happy and prosperous New Year!
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31st December – On This Day In History
Born:
1491 Jacques Cartier (French explorer who claimed Canada for France)
Died:
2015 Natalie Cole (singer)
On This Day:
1983 Brunei gains independence (from Britain)
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