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ON THIS DAY: Hugh Laurie (1959) and Peter Dinklage (1969) are born

Hugh Laurie – Biography & career highlights Born on 11 June 1959 in Oxfordshire, England, James Hugh Calum Laurie rose to fame through his comedy...

ON THIS DAY: The Hellenic Red Cross is founded (1877)

On this day, in 1877 the Greek Red Cross was founded. The Red Cross is an international humanitarian organisation founded to provide assistance to...

ON THIS DAY: The Rolling Stones release “(I can’t get no) satisfaction” (1965)

60 years ago, on 6 June 1965, The Rolling Stones released what would become one of the most influential and recognisable songs in rock...

ON THIS DAY: Federico García Lorca is born (1898)

On 5 June 1898, in the small town of Fuente Vaqueros near Granada, Spain, Federico García Lorca was born—destined to become one of the...

ON THIS DAY: Poet Allen Ginsberg is born (1926)

On 3 June 1926, in Newark, New Jersey, Allen Ginsberg was born — a poet whose name would come to define a cultural and...

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