#OTD 24 years ago. The engagement of Prince Edward to Sophie Rhys-Jones was announced on 6 January 1999. The couple had a photocall at the St. James's Palace following the engagement.
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#OTD 7 years ago. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released 2 photos to mark Prince George's first day at Westacre Montessori School nursery near Sandringham in Norfolk on January 6, 2016.
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#OTD in 1818, British, with just 834 infantrymen - about 500 of them from the Mahar community & 12 officers defeated the 28,000-strong army of Peshwa Bajirao. It was one of the last battles of the 3rd Anglo-Maratha War, which ended the Peshwa domination
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Iโve just discovered that dear old Paddington was first broadcast #otd 1976! Such a lovely theme tune too, I once wrote lyrics for it. Iโll sing it for youโฆ#PaddingtonBear
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Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy died #otd 1986.
โ"When I'm in England, I say I'm from Ireland. When I'm in Ireland, I say I'm from Dublin. When I'm in Dublin, I say I'm from Crumlin. When I'm in Crumlin, I say I'm from Leighlin Road. When I'm in Leighlin Road, I say I'm a Lynott."
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The first ever rollout of a Space Shuttle to the launchpad happened #OTD in 1980. Columbia would go on to make its first flight for STS-1 on April 12, 1981.
More: go.nasa.gov/3PByck3
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Before telescopes existed, Johannes Kepler saw a supernova explosion destroy a star. ๐
Born #OTD 451 years ago, his name and legacy have lived on in Keplerโs supernova and our Kepler space telescope ๐ญโจ: go.nasa.gov/3hXgxqy #HappyBirthday
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This dashing, debonair chap is Leon Weintraub. He was born #otd in 1926, a Polish Jew from Lodz.
In August 1944, Leon was deported to #Auschwitz. His mother and four sisters were murdered.
Leon survived. Today he celebrates 97 glorious years.
Happy birthday Leon.
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Thinking of Belinda Pereira who was murdered in Dublin #otd in 1996.
Like Sophie Toscan du Plantier, murdered just six days before, her killer has never been found. Unlike Sophie, her death at age 26 is often forgotten. This Garda appeal still applies ๐
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#OTD in 1892, author and scholar, J. R. R. Tolkien was born!
20 years later, he was fined ยฃ1 7s 6d for overdue library books in his 1st year at Oxford - that's approx. ยฃ110 in today's money. ๐
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6 Jan 01: The day of the #Epiphany, which is the day that the three kings, #Melchior, #Gaspar and #Balthazar brought gifts of #gold, incense and #myrrh to #Jesus, is celebrated on this day by Western #Christian churches. #history #OTD #ad amzn.to/35b5S20
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#OTD, ๐ฎ๐ณ India beat ๐น๐ญ Thailand to earn their first-ever win on the continental stage in 5๏ธโฃ5๏ธโฃ years at #AsianCup2019
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"Decades ago we science fiction writers foresaw a great many things about space travel, but two things we did not foresee."
Isaac Asimov, born #OTD in 1920, wrote this in a 1985 NASA book about science and society. Find out what was overlooked (p. 59): go.nasa.gov/3Wbx1KC
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