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16th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1954 Michael Holding (cricketer – fast bowler)
Died:
Tony Sheridan (songwriter and guitarist)
On This Day:
1918 Lithuania declares independence (from Russia & Germany)
Have a good Friday, 16th February
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15th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1563 Galileo Galilei (astronomer often called the Father of Science)
Died:
1965 Nat King Cole (singer)
On This Day
1939 German battleship “Bismarck” is launched
Have a good Thursday, 15th February
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14th January – On This Day In History
Born:
83 BC Mark Anthony (Roman General and leader)
Died:
1898 Lewis Carroll (author – Alice In Wonderland)
On This Day:
1690 The clarinet is invented (in Nurnberg, Germany)
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27th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1822 Louis Pasteur (inventor of pasteurization)
Died:
1985 Dian Fossey (zoologist – Gorillas In The Mist)
On This Day:
1943 German battleship Scharnhorst sinks
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16th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven (composer)
Died:
1980 Colonel Harland Sanders (founder – Kentucky Fried Chicken)
On This Day:
1773 Boston Tea Party (Sons of Liberty throw tea off ships into Boston Harbour to protest the British Tea Tax)
Have a good Saturday, 16th December
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10th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1483 Martin Luther (major contributor to the Protestant Reformation)
Died:
2007 Norman Mailer (author)
On This Day:
1965 Manneke Pis statue stolen (in Brussels)
Have a good Friday, 10th November
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9th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1941 Tom Fogerty (musician – Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Died:
1970 Charles de Gaulle (French president)
On This Day:
1918 Republic of Germany proclaimed
Have a good Thursday, 9th November
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15th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1920 Mario Puzo (author – “The Godfather”)
Died:
2011 Betty Driver (actress)
On This Day:
1880 Koln Cathedral completed (took 633 years)
Have a good Sunday, 15th October
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12th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1913 Jesse Owen (Olympic track & field star)
Died:
1977 Steve Biko (South African anti-apartheid activist)
On This Day:
1848 Switzerland becomes a Federal State
Have a good Tuesday, 12th September
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3rd September – On This Day In History
Born:
1875 Ferdinand Porsche (founder of the Porsche Motor Company)
Died:
1658 Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector of England)
On This Day:
1777 Flag of the USA flown for the first time (Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware)
Have a good Sunday, 3rd September
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