Today in History.....

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On this day: 16th September

In 1998, Meryl Streep received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

 

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On this day: 18th September

Greta Garbo born in 1905. Happy Birthday Greta!

 

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On this day: 7th October

In 1919, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was founded. KLM is today the oldest airline still operating under its original name.

 

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On this day: 8th October

In 1992, Willy Brandt, a German statesman, leader of the German Social Democratic Party and chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1969–74), died.

 

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On this day: 9th October

In 1940, pop music icon John Lennon, the legendary singer-songwriter who founded the Beatles, was born in Liverpool, UK.

 

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On this day: 10th October

In 1659, Abel Tasman, a Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant, died at Batavia. He was the first known European explorer to reach the islands of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and New Zealand, and to sight the Fiji islands.

 

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On this day: 11th October

In 1963, Edith Piaf, a French cabaret singer, died at the age of 47. She wanted to die singing on stage, but she died on holiday in the Riviera of an aneurysm in her head. She was brought in secret with her last husband, Theo Sarapo, and her nurse, Simone Margantin, by ambulance to Paris where she received her last homage from millions of people coming to give her a last good-bye.

 

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On this day: 13th October

In 1945, Milton Hershey, an American manufacturer and philanthropist who founded the Hershey Chocolate Corporation, died in Hershey, Pennsylvania. When he died in 1945 at the age of 88, a chocolate bar had carried his name around the world and made him a legend.

 

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On this day: 14th October

In 2012, Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper landed in the history books. He has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h). In jumping out of a balloon 128,100ft (24 miles; 39km) above New Mexico, the 45-year-old also smashed the record for the highest ever freefall.

 

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On this day: 15th October

In 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev, the President of the Soviet Union, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending Cold War tensions.

 

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On this day: 16th October

In 1996, the British Government has announced plans to outlaw almost all handguns following the shocking massacre at Dunblane in Scotland.

 

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On this day: 17th October

In 1918, Rita Hayworth, the legendary Hollywood beauty who rose to international fame in the 1940's and 1950's, was born in in Brooklyn, New York. American film bombshell Rita Hayworth appeared in a total of 61 films over 37 years. She is one of six women who have the distinction of having danced on screen with both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

 

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On this day: 18th October

In 1922, The British Broadcasting Company, as the BBC was originally called, was formed with John Reith as General Manager. His vision for radio in Britain was that it should an independent broadcaster able to educate, inform and entertain.

 

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In 1922, The British Broadcasting Company, as the BBC was originally called, was formed with John Reith as General Manager. His vision for radio in Britain was that it should an independent broadcaster able to educate, inform and entertain.

BBC became the most important role model for the broadcasting companies in the Scandinavian countries in the 1920s.

 

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JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 18, 1939.

 

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On this day: 19th October

In 1945, a multitalented performer, John Lithgow was born in Rochester, New York. He is perhaps best-known for his starring role as Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun. He has earned multiple Emmy Awards and Tony Awards, as well as two Oscar nominations.

 

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On this day: 20th October

My town marks 850th anniversary of first written mention. In 1164, the Maribor settlement was mentioned for the first time (Marchburch) in connection to the above-lying castle, which is today no longer existing. In 1254 Maribor was for the first time mentioned as a town.

 

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My town marks 850th anniversary of first written mention. In 1164, the Maribor settlement was mentioned for the first time (Marchburch) in connection to the above-lying castle, which is today no longer existing. In 1254 Maribor was for the first time mentioned as a town.

What happened to the castle? I'm just curious.

 

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What happened to the castle? I'm just curious.

Piramida Hill is a 386 metre high town hill, which rises above the city of Maribor. On the hill was a castle (Marburg or Marchpurg) until the year 1784, which gave the name to the town. It was built in the beginning of the 12th century by the noble Spanheim family for protection the Hungarians. In 1528 the castle was burned down. It was renovated in the Renaissance style around the year 1560, then in 1790 it was finally pulled down.

This 16th century sketch by G.M.Vischer shows the Middle Age town of Marburg surrounded by town walls and a water ditch. On top of the hill to the left sits the Marchpurch castle which gave the name to the town. 7 steep hills arise and surround the city. Castle and town were connected by an underground tunnel, which still exists and is used today as wine cellars. The largest in the world, 2km can be visited starting in the city centre.

 

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On this day: 21st October

In 1833, a baby boy was born to a family in Stockholm, Sweden who was to become a famous scientist, inventor, businessman and founder of the Nobel Prizes. His father was Immanuel Nobel and his mother was Andriette Ahlsell Nobel. They named their son Alfred.