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23rd October – On This Day In History
Born:
1940 Pele (Brazilian footballing icon)
Died:
1957 Christian Dior (fashion designer)
On This Day:
1941 Dumbo (Walt Disney) is released
Have a good Tuesday, 23rd October
25th May – On This Day In History
Born:
1979 Johnny Wilkinson (England rugby player)
Died:
1971 Terence De Marney (actor – Dr Who)
On This Day:
1946 Jordan gains its independence (from Britain)
Have a good Friday, 25th May
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22nd April – On This Day In History
Born:
1870 Vladimir Lenin (Marxist Revolutionary)
Died:
1998 Kitch Christie (South African World Cup winning rugby coach)
On This Day:
1889 Official start of the Oklahoma Land Rush (although they went Sooner…)
Have a good Sunday, 22nd April
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24th February – On This Day In History
Born:
1786 Wilhelm Grimm (Grimm’s Fairy Tales)
Died:
1993 Bobby Moore (England Football Captain)
On This Day:
1923 “The Flying Scotsman” goes into service
Have a good Saturday, 24th February
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13th July – On This Day In History
Born:
100 BC Julius Caesar (Roman Emperor and general)
Died:
2014 Nadine Gordimer (South African author and Nobel laureate)
On This Day:
1930 First official Football World Cup is held (Uruguay)
Have a good Wednesday, 13th July
13th July – On This Day In History
Born:
1942 Harrison Ford (actor)
Died:
1955 Ruth Ellis (murderess) last woman in England to be hanged
On This Day:
1930 First Soccer World Cup begins (Uruguay)
Have a good Monday, 13th July
Let’s Talk Cricket
I talk of cricket quite infrequently,
as most would be nonplussed and mystified:
to them it is a total mystery.
If I said, oh the bowler bowled a wide,
you’d smile, then shake your head and turn away,
or what if I said, caught on the on side?
A flipper or a chinaman I’d say,
while knowing that you didn’t have a clue,
as you would ask, bemused, well what are they?
The tail is wagging, will they see it through?
A common term when trying for a draw,
must seem like speaking double Dutch to you.
So now you’re stumped, you can’t take any more
and I’ve just hit you’re fastest ball for four !
– A Terza Rimma Sonnet, by Black Narcissus
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