On This Day In History

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1957-US comedian Oliver
Hardy, of Laurel and Hardy,
dies age 65 of a blood clot.


1991-Kiwi comedian Billy T.
James dies of heart failure.He
was 42.


2011-Nancy Wake, the New
Zealand born World War II
secret agent, dies aged 98.


2018-Crazy Rich Asians,
the first Hollywood film with
an all-Asian cast,premieres in
Los Angeles.

[Pursang]

[Piper]

1969-Actor Sharon Tate,26,
and four others are murdered
in Los Angeles NY Charles
Manson's gang.


1974-Richard Nixon resigns
as US president ( in the wake
of the Watergate scandal ).


2012-Jamacian sprinter
Usain Bolt wins the 200m
at the London Olympics to
become the first man to win
the 100m/200m double at
back-to-back Olympics's

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1948-Candid Microphone
( later renamed Candid Camera )
begins screening on
US TV.The hidden camera
show was originally a radio
programme.Candid Camera
is considered to be one of the
first reality TV shows.


1984-At the Los Angeles
Games,kayaker Ian Ferguson
becomes the first kiwi to win
two Olympic gold medals in
one day ( the men's K-1 500m
and K-2 500m ).


1996-The All Blacks beat
the Springboks 29-18 in Cape
Town to win the first rugby
Tri-Nations title.

[Piper]

1851-American inventer
Issac Singer patents the
sewing machine.


1908-Henry Ford's company
builds the first Model T car.


2014-US actor Lauren
Bacall,89,dies of a stroke.

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1910-British nurse Florence
Nightingale,90,who was
renowned for her deeds in
the Crimean war, dies.

[Piper]

1965-Sonny and Cher's single
I Got You Babe hits No.1 in the
US charts.

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1903-The All Blacks play
their first rugby test match,
against Australia's Wallabies
at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
New Zealand wins 22-3.


1939-The Wizard Of
Ox, starring Judy Garland
a Dorothy, premiere's in
Hollywood.

[Piper]

1962-Ringo Starr replaces
Pete Best as The Beatles
drummer.


1977-Elvis Presley the
King of rock-'n'roll,dies
at Graceland of cardiac
arrhythmia.He was 42.

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1946-The book Animal Farm
by George Orwell is published
in Britain.

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1911-The Mona Lisa is
stolen from the Louvre in Paris
by Vincenzo Perugia (it was
recovered in 1913 ).


1942-Disney's animated movie
Bambi is released.

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1956-Elvis Presley begins
filming the movie Love Me
Tender.It premiered in New
York.on November 15.


1969-Gary Frazier of
Swannanoa,near
Christchurch,wins the first
New Zealand Young Farmer Of
The Year Contest.


1987-Who's That Girl by Madonna
goes to No 1 in the US charts.

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1940-The Germany Luftwaffe
begins night bombing on
London.

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1980--Actor Yootha Joyce
who starred in UK sitcoms
Man About The House and
George And Mildred,dies
aged 53, of liver failure.

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1968-The Beatles 'Hey Jude
single is released.


2004-New Zealand triathletes Hamish
Carter and Bevan Docherty win gold and
silver in the men's triathlon at the Athens
Olympics.


2012-Kiwi Lydia KO,15,wins the Canadian
Women's Golf.


2017-Bew Zealand win the Women's Rugby
World Cup final, beating England 41-32.