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13th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1916 Roald Dahl (author – Charlie And The Chocolate Factory)
Died:
1996 Tupac Shakur (rapper & actor)
On This Day:
1979 Venda is granted independence by South Africa (but not recognised outside of South Africa)
Have a good Thursday, 13th September
3rd September – On This Day In History
Born:
1965 Charlie Sheen (actor – Platoon)
Died:
1658 Oliver Cromwell (Lord Protector of England)
On This Day:
1971 Qatar regains independence (from Britain)
Have a good Monday, 3rd September
30th August – On This day In History
Born:
1930 Warren Buffett (businessman and second wealthiest man in the world)
Died:
2013 Seamus Heaney (poet, playwright & Nobel Prize Winner for Literature)
On This Day:
1918 Czechoslovakia forms and becomes an independent republic
Have a good Thursday, 30th August
20th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Robert Plant (musician – Led Zeppelin)
Died:
2017 Jerry Lewis (comedian)
On This Day:
1991 Estonia declares it independence (from the USSR)
Have a good Monday, 20th August
19th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1871 Orville Wright (aviation pioneer – The Wright Brothers)
Died:
1977 Groucho Marx (comedian – Marx Brothers)
On This Day:
1919 Afghanistan declares its independence (from Britain)
Have a good Sunday, 19th August
17th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Ted Hughes (British Poet Laureate)
Died:
1850 Jose de San Martin (Revolutionary and General in South America leading in Argentina, Chile and Peru for independence from Spain)
On This Day:
1950 Indonesia gains independence (from The Netherlands)
31st July – On This Day In History
Born:
1965 JK Rowling (author – Harry Potter)
Died:
2009 Bobby Robson (English footballer and manager)
On This Day:
1976 Seychelles Independence declared
Have a good Tuesday, 31st July
30th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1818 Emily Bronte (author – Wuthering Heights)
Died:
1918 Joyce Kilmer (poet)
On This Day:
1980 Vanuatu gains independence (from Britain and France, used to be New Hebrides)
Have a good Monday, 30th July
28th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1866 Beatrix Potter (children’s author & illustrator – Peter Rabbit)
Died:
1741 Antonio Vivaldi (composer – The Four Seasons)
On This Day:
1821 Peru declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Saturday, 28th July
21st July – On This Day In History
Born:
1899 Ernest Hemingway (author – The Old Man And The Sea)
Died:
1796 Robert Burns (poet)
On This Day:
1831 Belgium gains its independence (from Netherlands)
Have a good Saturday, 21st July
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