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23rd December – On This Day In History
Born:
1985 Harry Judd (drummer – McFly)
Died:
2013 Mikhail Kalashnikov (inventor of the AK-47)
On This Day:
1937 The Vickers Wellington bomber first flies
Have a good Sunday, 23rd December
25th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1930 Sean Connery (actor – James Bond)
Died:
2012 Neil Armstrong (first man to walk on the Moon)
On This Day:
1940 Latvia, Estonia & Lithuania all become part of the Soviet Union (USSR)
Have a good Saturday, 25th August
20th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1948 Robert Plant (musician – Led Zeppelin)
Died:
2017 Jerry Lewis (comedian)
On This Day:
1991 Estonia declares it independence (from the USSR)
Have a good Monday, 20th August
8th August – On This Day In History
Born:
1937 Dustin Hoffman (actor – Tootsie)
Died:
1994 Leonid Leonov (Russian author & playwright)
On This Day:
1947 Pakistan’s national flag is approved
Have a good Wednesday, 8th August
11th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1885 DH Lawrence (poet and writer)
Died:
Nikita Khrushchev (Premier of the USSR)
On This Day:
1961 World Wildlife Fund is founded
Have a good Monday, 11th September
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30th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1865 Rudyard Kipling (author – Jungle Book)
Died:
2006 Saddam Hussein (dictator of Iraq, executed)
On This Day:
1922 The Soviet Union becomes a federation of states
Have a good Friday, 30th December
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26th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1791 Charles Babbage (inventor of the first calculator)
Died:
1971 Harry Truman (33rd US President)
On This Day:
1975 Tupolev 144 is the first supersonic transport plane
Have a good Monday, 26th December
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11th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1971 Johnny Vegas (British comedian)
Died:
1971 Nikita Krushev (Soviet premier)
On This Day:
2001 Major terrorist attack on the USA – involving hijacked aircraft. Nearly 3000 people are killed
Have a good Friday, 11 September
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