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22nd November – On This Day In History
Born:
1986 Oscar Pistorius (paralympic athlete, convicted for shooting his girlfriend)
Died:
1916 Jack London (author – Call Of The Wild)
On This Day:
1976 Algeria puts its constitution into effect
Have a good Sunday, 22nd November
15th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1972 Johnny Lee Miller (actor – Elementary, Trainspotting)
Died:
2002 Myra Hindley (murderer – killed five children with Ian Brady)
On This Day:
2017 Coup d’etat in Zimbabwe (Robert Mugabe overthrown by the army. Emerson Mnangagwe put into place as the interim president)
Have a good Thursday, 15th November
2nd October – On This Day In History
Born:
1869 Mahatma Ghandi (Indian pacifist and activist for peace, independence and equality)
Died:
2017 Tom Petty (singer – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers)
On This Day:
2002 The Beltway Sniper attacks begin and continue for three weeks
Have a good Tuesday, 2nd October
16th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1888 TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia – diplomatic role in WW1 Middle East)
Died:
2003 Idi Amin (Dictator of Uganda and culpable for the killings of approx half a million people)
On This Day:
1960 Cyprus granted independence (from Britain)
Have a good Thursday, 16th August
9th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1828 Leo Tolstoy (author – War & Peace)
Died:
1969 Sharon Tate (actress, murdered by Manson’s gang)
On This Day:
1945 US drops nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
Have a good Thursday, 9th August
2nd August – On This Day In History
Born:
1923 Shimon Peres (Prime Minister of Israel & Nobel Peace Prize winner)
Died:
1876 Wild Bill Hickok (cowboy & frontiersman – shot in the back)
On This Day:
1865 Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland published (by Lewis Carroll)
Have a good Thursday, 2nd August
15th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1606 Rembrandt van Rijn (painter – Night Watch)
Died:
1997 Gianni Versace (fashion designer)
On This Day:
1799 The Rosetta Stone is discovered, allowing for translation of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics
Have a good Sunday, 15th July
9th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1947 OJ Simpson (football star)
Died:
2002 Rod Steiger (actor)
On This Day:
1816 Argentina declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Monday, 9th July
5th January – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Diane Keaton (actress)
Died:
1922 Ernest Shackleton (polar explorer)
On This Day:
1981 Peter Sutcliffe, aka Yorkshire Ripper, arrested. Convicted for killing 13 women.
9th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1757 Thomas Telford (civil engineer)
Died:
1969 Sharon Tate (actress, murdered)
On This Day:
1173 Construction of the Tower of Pisa starts, but takes two centuries to complete
Have a good Wednesday, 9th August
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