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This Day in History

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This Day in History




	1811: Venezuela declares its independence from Spain under the leadership of Simón Bolívar and Francisco de Miranda. Learn more about Venezuela. 1865: Methodist minister William Booth founds the Christian Mission in London, an evangelical and social-welfare ministry that becomes the Salvation Army in 1878. Learn more about the Salvation Army. 1932: António de Oliveira Salazar becomes prime minister of Portugal, a country he rules as a dictator for the next 36 years. Learn more about António de Oliveira Salazar. 1948: The British government adopts the National Health Service Act, which establishes a national system of publicly funded medical services. Learn more about National Health Insurance. 1996: Dolly the sheep, the world's first successfully cloned animal is born. Learn more about Cloning.

Born On This Day



	Georges Pompidou, French president (1911) Cecil Rhodes, imperialist and financier (1853) Jean Cocteau, French poet and filmmaker (1889) Sarah Siddons, actor (1755) John Northrop, biochemist (1891) Chuck Close, American painter (1940)

Mystery Person of the Day

Who am I? I was born on this day in 1810. I promoted General Tom Thumb, the Siamese twins Chang and Eng, and singer Jenny Lind.

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