inventions
17th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1919 Nat King Cole (singer)

Died:
1995 Ronnie Kray (English gangster)

On This Day:
1845 Rubber Band patented

Have a good Friday, 17th March
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23rd July – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Clive Rice (South African cricketing legend)

Died:
2011 Amy Winehouse (singer & songwriter)

On This Day:
1829 The ‘typographer’ – typewriter – patented

Have a good Saturday, 23rd July
27th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1791 Samuel Morse (inventor of the Morse Code)

Died:
1521 Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese explorer)

On This Day:
1961 Sierra Leone declares its independence (from Britain)

Have a good Wednesday, 27th April
14th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1933 Michael Caine (actor)

Died:
1883 Karl Marx (author of The Communist Manifesto)

On This Day:
1794 The Cotton Gin patented by inventor Eli Whitney

Have a good Monday, 14th March