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27th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1822 Louis Pasteur (invented pasteurization)
Died:
2016 Carrie Fisher (actress – Star Wars)
On This Day:
1943 The Scharnhorst (German battleship) sinks in the Barents Sea
Have a good Thursday, 27th December
20th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Uri Geller (magician and psychic – know for bending spoons)
Died:
1996 Carl Sagan (scientist and astronomer)
On This Day:
1812 Grimm’s Fairy Tales is first published (also known as Children’s and Household Tails)
Have a good Thursday, 20th December
16th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)
Died:
1980 Colonel Sanders (founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken)
On This Day:
1838 Battle of Blood River (Zulu armies defeated by the Voortrekkers in Natal, South Africa)
Have a good Sunday, 16th December
30th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1872 John McCrae (poet – In Flanders Fields)
Died:
2007 Evel Knievel (motorcycle stunt man)
On This Day:
1487 German Beer Purity Law is pronounced, stating that beer may only be brewed from water, malt and hops
Have a good Friday, 30th November
4th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1916 Walter Cronkite (broadcast journalist)
Died:
1847 Felix Mendelssohn (pianist and composer)
On This Day:
1875 Tonga adopts its constitution
Have a good Sunday, 4th November
1st November – On This Day In History
Born:
1935 Gary Player (Golfer – 9 times majors winner)
Died:
1972 Ezra Pound (poet)
On This Day:
1939 The first jet fighter (Heinkel HE 178) is demonstrated, to the German War Ministry
Have a good Thursday, 1st November
20th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1971 Snoop Dog (rapper)
Died:
2011 Muammar Gaddafi (dictator of Libya)
On This Day:
1813 The end of the Kingdom of Westphalia
Have a good Saturday, 20th October
27th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1957 Bernhard Langer (golfer & Masters Champion)
Died;
1919 Louis Botha (South Africa General during the Anglo – Boer War and Statesman)
On This Day:
1955 First publication of The Guinness Book Of Records
Have a good Monday, 27th August
17th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1954 Angela Merkel (Chancellor of Germany)
Died:
2009 Walter Cronkite (broadcaster and news reporter for CBS)
On This Day:
1919 Finland adopts its constitution
Have a good Tuesday, 17th July
28th June – On This Day In History
Born:
1491 Henry VIII, founder of the Church of England
Died:
1914 Franz Ferdinand (Archduke of Austria – assassination that triggered World War 1)
On This Day:
1926 Mercedes Benz forms (merger of DMG and Benz & Cie)
Have a good Thursday, 28th June
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