On This Week – 30th January 2017
30th – Born on this day 1864 in Tipperary, Ireland was James Michel, and, as an athlete,...
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30th – Born on this day 1864 in Tipperary, Ireland was James Michel, and, as an athlete,...
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23rd – Frederick Holman, British swimmer died on this day in 1913. Born in 1883 he was a member of...
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16th – Born on this day in 1876 was Claude Percy Buckenham, an Essex and England cricketer....
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9th – Today in 1793, Jean Pierre Blanchard made the first balloon ascent in North America. He...
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2nd – the first Test match hat-trick by Australia’s Fred Spofforth occurred in 1879 –...
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