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4th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1923 Charlton Heston (actor – Ben – Hur)

Died:
1669 Rembrandt van Rijn (artist)

On This Day:
1824 Mexico becomes a republic

Have a good Thursday, 4th October
16th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1952 Micky Rourke (actor)

Died:
2016 Edward Albee (playwright – Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolfe?)

On This Day:
1857 Mexico adopts its constitution

Have a good Sunday, 16th September
12th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1949 Mark Knopfler (guitarist – Dire Straits)

Died:
30 BC Cleopatra (last Egyptian ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty)

On This Day:
1992 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, USA & Mexico) negotiations declared completed

Have a good Sunday, 12th August
6th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1475 Michelangelo (sculptor, artist – David, ceiling of the Sistine Chapel)

Died:
1836 Davy Crockett (American frontiersman – died at the Battle of the Alamo)

On This Day:
1957 Ghana declares its independence (from the UK)

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2nd March – On This Day In History
Born:
1793 Sam Houston (politician who brought Texas into the USA)

Died:
1791 John Wesley (co-founder of the Methodist church)

On This Day:
1836 Republic of Texas declares independence (from Mexico)

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4th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1923 Charlton Heston (actor)

Died:
1669 Rembrandt van Rijn (artist)

On This Day:
1824 Mexico becomes a republic

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19th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1925 Malcolm X (Human Rights Activist)

Died:
1536 Anne Boleyn (Queen of England, wife of Henry VII, executed)

On This Day:
1848 Texas is handed over to the USA by Mexico

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6th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1476 Michelangelo (sculptor, painter, poet)

Died:
1836 Davy Crockett (frontiersman, killed at The Alamo)

On This Day:
1899 Aspirin patented (by Bayer)

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24th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1955 Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple)

Died:
2006 Dennis Weaver (actor)

On This Day:
1821 Mexico gains its independence (from Spain)

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23rd February – On This Day In History
Born:
1967 Steve Stricker (golfer)

Died:
1821 John Keats (poet)

On This Day:
1836 The start of the Siege of the Alamo

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