Author: Gayathri Kanagasundaram

On this day, March 6th, this happened…

1475 The birth of one of the greatest artists, Michelangelo.

1961 Lancashire Born ukulele player, George Formby died today. He was famous of the song ‘When I’m cleaning windows’

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1985 Yul Brynner played his his 4,500th performance in the musical “The King and I.”

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1997  Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site.

Today is also Independence Day for Ghana, who released from British rule in 1957.

On this day, March 5th, this happened…

1962 The birthday of twins Charlie and Craig Reid, but you will know them as the crazy singing Scottish singing duo ‘‘the Proclaimers’.

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1963, The Beatles recorded what would be their third single ‘From Me to You’ just five days after John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the song.

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1946 Winston Churchill delivered his speech on the divide between Eastern and Western Europe, which is now famously know as the ‘Iron Curtain’ speech.

1975  Also the birthday of the actress Eva Mendes, who rose to fame in the film Training Day back in 2001 but we probably most recognise her from the film Hitch (and for dating Ryan Gosling)

In Iran, today is National Tree Painting Day.

On this day, March 4th, this happened…

1877 The microphone was invented by German born American inventor Emile Berliner.

1950 Walt Disney’s memorable version of Cinderella was released in the cinemas.

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1966 Beatle’s frontman John Lennon caused outrage amogst Christians by saying ‘We’re more popular than Jesus right now.

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1975 Charlie Chaplin was knighted by the Queen.

1986 ‘Today’ newspaper would be the first daily national newspaper to go on sale. However it did not last against it’s competitors and publication of the paper stopped in 1995.