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21st September-The War of the Worlds

21st September-The War of the Worlds

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 1756 John Loudon McAdam, the engineer who invented and gave his name to macadamised (tarmac) roads, was born in Ayr, Scotland.......1776 Part of New York City was burned shortly after being occupied by British forces...... 1866 H G Wells, English writer, was born. His books included The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds..... 1874 The birth, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire of the composer Gustav Holst, most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets. 1915 Stonehenge was sold at auction to Mr C H Chubb for £6,600 as a present for his wife. Mr Chubb presented it to the nation three years later as his wife didn't think it suited her. 1949 The Republic of Ireland beat England 2-0 at Goodison Park - England's first home defeat by a foreign football team.
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