This Week In History: Week 6!
February 2nd: 1882, James Joyce was born in Ireland. He was a novelist and poet. His notable works include Dubliners, Ulysses and Finnigan's Wake.
February 3rd: 1924, Woodrow Wilson the 28th US president (1913-21), dies at his home in Washington at aged 67.
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| Woodrow Wilson |
February 4th: 1938, Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is officially released!
February 5th: 1881, Thomas Carlyle, historian and essayist, dies in London at the age of 85.
February 6th: 1685, the Duke of York becomes King James II of England and VII of Scotland, upon the death of his brother Charles II.
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| King James the 2nd |
February 7th: 1812, Charles Dickens is born in Landport, Portsmouth, England. He is a very famous novelist, best known for Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations!
February 8th: 1725, Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov], the Tsar of Russia (1682-1725) dies of uremia at the age of 52. (His Autopsy showed that the bladder was infected with Gangrene) He had reigned for 42 years!
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| Peter the Great. That's it for this week! See you next time For THIS WEEK IN HISTORY! |
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