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@TheNewEuropean
8 years ago
George Orwell was born
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in 1903
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: 80 years ago today, 'lookers in' (as TV viewers were then called) saw the launch of the BBC's television servic…
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1996: Paul McCartney was knighted
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@BBCiWonder
: Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island, was born
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in 1850.
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1939: Evel Knievel was born. "Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it."
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@BBCiWonder
: Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird was first published
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55 years ago.
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@TheNewEuropean
8 years ago
English philosopher and political economist was born
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in 1806
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@BBCiWonder
: Dancer and civil rights activist Josephine Baker was born
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in 1906.
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@BBCiWonder
: American writer and illustrator Dr Seuss was born
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in 1904.
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1938: 23 year-old Orson Welles sends New York into a panic with his radio adaptation of War Of The Worlds
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1936: "Oh that'll be the day that I…" was born. It's Buddy Holly's birthday. This photo is from 1958
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@TheNewEuropean
8 years ago
Polish journalist and novelist, Bolesław Prus, died
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in 1912
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1976: Apple release their 1st computer. We take a quick look at the next 40 years of iconic products.
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@BBCiWonder
: Lewis Carroll, author, died
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1995: With phone scams in the news, here is a serendipitous reminder that even Monarchs can be taken in
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@bbcgetinspired
: 18-year-old Cassius Clay won
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in 1960.
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@TheNewEuropean
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Italian Inventor and Nobel Laureate, Guglielmo Marconi was born
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in 1874
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1959: John Tidmarsh visted a pub called The Sherlock Holmes, filled with Holmes memorabilia
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@BBCiWonder
: 28th US President, Woodrow Wilson, was born
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in 1856.
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1881: Pablo Picasso is born “The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”
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1985: If the clothes really do maketh the man, Prince Charles is "dull and boring". Meow!
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