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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
21st August – On This Day In History
Born:
1938 Kenny Rogers (singer & musician)

Died:
1940 Leon Trotsky (Marxist Revolutionary)

On This Day:
1942 Bambi (Walt Disney’s animated movie) is released

Have a good Tuesday 21st 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
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

Have a good Friday, 9th March
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5th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1974 Kevin Connolly (actor)

Died:
1953 Joseph Stalin (Soviet dictator)

On This Day:
1936 Spitfire makes its first flight

Have a good Monday, 5th March
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20th December – On This Day In History
Born:
1946 Uri Geller (magician and psychic)

Died:
1968 John Steinbeck (author – Grapes of Wrath)

On This Day:
1922 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics form (USSR – 14 republics)

Have a good Wednesday, 20th December
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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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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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