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On this day 4 July

2. 7. 2018In 1546 Bishop of Trieste Peter Bonomo, who under the influence of Erasmus of Rotterdam became a follower of reformatory movement, dies.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/4-july/459618

On this day 25 June

21. 6. 2018In 1903, the British novelist and essayist George Orwell is born. His best known work is a pessimistic novel about the future titled 1984.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/25-june/458711

On this day 17 April

11. 4. 2018In 1790 in Philadelphia American scientist, writer and politician Benjamin Franklin dies. He was a co-signatory of the American Declaration of Independence.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/17-april/451652

On this day 17 January

16. 1. 2018In 1706 in Boston the American scientist, writer and civic activist for the independence of the USA, Benjamin Franklin is born. He made the first lightening conductor and condenser.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/17-january/443253

On this day 26 December

20. 12. 2017In 1792, inventor Charles Babbage is born. He is considered the great-grandfather of modern computers. The conversion of logarithms led him to the invention of the first computer.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/26-december/441001

On this day 2 October

1. 10. 2017In 1608 Dutch optician Hans Lippershey in the National Assembly in The Hague showed the first usable binoculars. In 1869 is born politician and fighter for independence Mahatma Gandi.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/2-october/433956

27. 8. 2017In 1157, the English King Richard the Lion Heart is born. In 1504, in Florence for the first time Michelangelo's statue of David is discovered. In 1841, the Czech composer Antonin Dvorzak is born.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/8-september/430981