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4th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1916 Walter Cronkite (broadcast journalist)
Died:
1847 Felix Mendelssohn (pianist and composer)
On This Day:
1875 Tonga adopts its constitution
Have a good Sunday, 4th November
10th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1813 Giuseppe Verdi (opera composer)
Died:
2004 Christopher Reeves (actor – Superman)
On This Day:
1970 Fiji gains independence (from Britain)
Have a good Wednesday, 10th October
15th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1984 Prince Harry (second son of Prince Charles and Lady Diana)
Died:
1859 Isambard Kingdom Brunel (engineer)
On This Day:
1981 Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations
Have a good Saturday, 15th September
30th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1818 Emily Bronte (author – Wuthering Heights)
Died:
1918 Joyce Kilmer (poet)
On This Day:
1980 Vanuatu gains independence (from Britain and France, used to be New Hebrides)
Have a good Monday, 30th July
4th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1916 Walter Cronkite (broadcaster & journalist)
Died:
2008 Michael Crichton (author)
On This Day:
1875 Tonga adopts its constitution
Have a good Saturday, 4th November
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21st August – On This Day In History
Born:
1938 Kenny Rogers (singer)
Died:
1940 Leon Trotsky (Marxist revolutionary and writer)
On This Day:
1959 Hawaii becomes the 50th State of the USA
Have a good Monday, 21st August
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22nd February – On This Day In History
Born:
1732 George Washington (1st President of the USA)
Died:
1987 Andy Warhol (artist)
On This Day:
1900 Hawaii becomes a US territory
Have a good Wednesday, 22nd February
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20th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Brenda Blethyn (actress – Vera)
Died:
1910 Boutros Ghali (Prime Minister of Egypt – assassinated)
On This Day:
1929 American Samoa is organised as a territory of the USA
Have a good Monday, 20th February
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4th November – On This Day In History
Born:
1879 Will Rogers (actor and comedian)
Died:
1995 Yitzhak Rabin (Israeli prime minster, assassinated)
On This Day:
1875 Tonga adopts its constitution
Have a good Friday, 4th November
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28th April – On This Day In History
Born:
1908 Oskar Schindler (Austrian businessman who saved over 1000 people from Nazi concentration camps etc)
Died:
2005 Percy Heath( (jazz musician)
On This Day:
1937 First commercial flight to cross the Pacific (undertaken by PanAm)
Have a good Thursday, 28th April
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