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#OnThisDay 1994: Russian President Boris Yeltsin was too tired to meet Irish dignitaries at Shannon Airport.

#OnThisDay 1949: Cornish tin mines were having a resurgence - clearly the lucky broom was working.

ON THIS DAY - In 1924, writer Truman Capote was born in New Orleans. #OnThisDay 

📆 #OnThisDay  In 1991, Steve Brace became the last British man to win the @berlinmarathon  in 2:10:57

#OnThisDay in 1901 @NobelPrize-winning  nuclear #physicist  Enrico Fermi was born.

#OnThisDay 1970: John Noakes experimented with the latest TV tech. He has the (chroma) key to our heart.

#OnThisDay 1976: Barry Norman visited Pinewood Studios, and got a sneak preview of the new James Bond set.

ON THIS DAY – In 1934, French superstar Brigitte Bardot was born in Paris. #OnThisDay 

#OnThisDay 1972: Esther Rantzen put her shoplifting skills to the test to check out some anti-theft technology.

#OnThisDay 1967: There are some lovely shots in this Tomorrow’s World piece on the future of lighthouse engineering.