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18th October – On This Day In History
Born:
1956 Martina Navratilova (tennis champion)
Died:
1931 Thomas Edison (inventor – light bulb and many other innovations)
On This Day:
1922 The founding of the British Broadcasting Company, later the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Have a good Thursday, 18th October
30th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1980 Martina Hingis
Died:
1955 James Dean (cultural icon and actor)
On This Day:
1958 Guinea becomes independent (was French Guinea, controlled by France)
Have a good Sunday, 30th September
6th September – On This Day In History
Born:
1974 Tim Henman (tennis champion)
Died:
2007 Luciano Pavarotti (singer – tenor)
On This Day:
1620 The Mayflower leaves Plymouth carrying pilgrims and settlers to the New World
Have a good Thursday, 6th September
2nd September – On This Day In History
Born:
1952 Jimmy Connors (tennis champion)
Died:
1834 Thomas Telford (pioneering civil engineer)
On This Day:
1666 Great Fire of London begins (80% of London destroyed)
Have a good Sunday, 2nd September
3rd June – On This Day In History
Born:
1986 Rafael Nadal (tennis champion)
Died:
2016 Muhammad Ali (heavyweight boxer – real name Cassius Clay)
On This Day:
1959 Singapore adopts its constitution
Have a good Sunday, 3rd June
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7th March – On This Day In History
Born:
1960 Ivan Lendl (tennis champion)
Died:
1274 Thomas Aquinas (theologian and saint)
On This Day:
1933 Game of “Monopoly” is invented
Have a good Wednesday, 7th March
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2nd September – On This Day In History
Born:
1952 Jimmy Connors (tennis champion)
Died:
1834 Thomas Telford (civil engineer)
On This Day:
1929 Unilever forms (merger of Lever Brothers and Margarine)
Have a good Saturday, 2nd September
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10th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1945 Virginia Wade (tennis star)
Died:
2015 Omar Sharif (actor)
On This Day:
1890 Wyoming becomes the 44th State of the USA
Have a good Monday, 10th July
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5th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1853 Cecil John Rhodes (diamond merchant, politician, British expansionist)
Died:
1979 Elizabeth Ryan (won 19 titles at Wimbledon)
On This Day:
1811 Venezuela becomes the first South American country to gain independence from Spain
Have a good Tuesday, 5th July
22nd November – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 Billie Jean King (4 times women’s Wimbledon tennis champ)
Died:
1963 John F Kennedy (US President, assassinated)
On This Day:
1990 Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as the British Prime Minister
Have a good Sunday, 22nd November
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