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24th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1759 William Wilberforce (abolitionist and politician)

Died
2014 Richard Attenborough (actor & director)

On This Day:
1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) officially starts

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20th July – On This Day In History
Born:
356 BC Alexander The Great (military genius and King of Macedonia)

Died:
1973 Bruce Lee (martial arts expert and actor)

On This Day:
1969 First men step on The Moon (Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11)

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9th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1934 Yuri Gagarin (Russian cosmonaut and first man in space)
Died:
2016 George Martin (record producer – The Beatles)

On This Day:
1834 The French Foreign Legion is founded

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24th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1874 Harry Houdini (escape artist)

Died:
1976 Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery (British military leader)

On This Day:
1924 Greece becomes a republic

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9th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1951 Helen Zille (South African political leader)

Died:
2016 George Martin (record producer of The Beatles)

On This Day:
1834 The French Foreign Legion is founded

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