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7th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1931 Desmond Tutu (South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner)
Died:
1849 Edgar Allan Poe (poet)
On This Day:
1919 KLM, the worlds oldest still operating airline, is established
Have a good Sunday, 7th October
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)
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
23rd May – On This Day In History
Born:
1958 Drew Carey (actor & comedian)
Died:
1868 Kit Carson (American frontiersman)
On This Day:
1568 The Netherlands declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Wednesday, 23rd May
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7th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1931 Desmond Tutu (South African Anglican Arch Bishop and Nobel Prize winner)
Died:
1849 Edgar Allan Poe (poet)
On This Day:
1919 KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) is established, and is now the oldest running airline
Have a good Saturday, 7th October
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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
Have a good Wednesday, 4th October
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5th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1853 Cecil John Rhodes (diamond merchant, businessman, politician and colonialist)
Died:
2002 Ted Williams (baseball Hall of Fame)
On This Day:
1922 First General Election in the Netherlands
Have a good Wednesday, 5th July
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23rd May – On This Day In History
Born:
1950 Martin McGuiness (Irish politician)
Died:
1701 William Kidd (pirate)
On This Day:
1568 The Netherlands declares independence (from Spain)
Have a good Tuesday, 23rd May
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25th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1835 Andrew Carnegie (industrialist and philanthropist)
Died:
1993 Anthony Burgess (author – Clockwork Orange)
On This Day:
1975 Suriname granted independence (by Netherlands)
Have a good Friday, 25th November
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2nd November – On This Day In History
Born:
1977 Randy Harrison (actor)
Died:
1950 George Bernard Shaw (writer)
On This Day:
1949 Indonesia recognized as a sovereign state by the Netherlands
Have a good Wednesday, 2nd November
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