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On This Day In 1955 Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein, Died Aged 76, In Princeton, New Jersey ☢
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I'm very late with this one. On This Day In 1926 Princess Elizabeth, The Now Queen Elizabeth Was Born In London 
God Save Our Gracious Queen. Happy Birthday Your Majesty and Long May You Reign Over Us.
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On This Day In 1947, Adelaide Advertiser Journalist Marty Smith Was Born At Memorial Hospital, North Adelaide At 7.27AM. Purveyor Of All Manor Of Information Through His Column "The Last Word" South Australia Wishes You A Very Happy Birthday Marty.
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On this day 25 April 1915 the ANZAC troops decended on gallipoli. Today we commemorate the landing of the ANZAC.
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Lest We Forget. Love and Sincere Thanks to All that Served Past and Present.
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On This Day In 1986 The number 4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station failed creating the world's worst nuclear disaster ☢
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On This Day In 1878 a telephone priced at $3 and "Guaranteed To Work For One Mile" was advertised in a Massachusetts newspaper. 
That would have been a hell of a lot of money in those days
That would have been a hell of a lot of money in those days
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On This Day In 1961, famously reticent actor Gary Cooper died aged 60.
Love the line, Super Dooper Gary Cooper!
Onthis day 1787 Arthur Philip sets sail for Botany Bay with 11 ships of Criminals.
Also today in 1981 in St. Peters Square , Rome, a Turkish gunman shot Pope John Paul ii 4 times in an assassination attempt. The Pope survived and some years later visited the would be assassin in jail and spoke with him at llength and forgave him.
Also today in 1981 in St. Peters Square , Rome, a Turkish gunman shot Pope John Paul ii 4 times in an assassination attempt. The Pope survived and some years later visited the would be assassin in jail and spoke with him at llength and forgave him.
Buggered if i would.
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On This Day In 1987, blonde bombshell actor Rita Hayworth died in New York City
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On This Day In 1998, singer/actor Frank Sinatra died in L.A.
Great singer but nowhere as good as Tony Bennet.
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On This Day In 1861, Australian Operatic Soprano, Dame Nellie Melba was born Helen Porter Mitchell in Melbourne 
A great voice and took the name from a favourite dessert, Peach Melba . Not true, she chose her name from the condensed version of Melbourne the town she loved so much.
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No idea where she got her name from, but believe the desert was actually named after her ?
On this day in 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the English Allied Burgundian troops and later found guilty of heresy and subsequently burnt at the stake.
Today in 1934 in Bienville Parish Louisiana, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot dead in an ambush. They had killed 12 people and we know them as Bonnie and Clyde. It was reported that 167 bullets were fired into the car they were travelling in.
Today in 1934 in Bienville Parish Louisiana, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot dead in an ambush. They had killed 12 people and we know them as Bonnie and Clyde. It was reported that 167 bullets were fired into the car they were travelling in.
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