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On this Day - August 25th


 * 1875 - First person to swim the English Channel (Dover to Calais, 21 hrs, 45 min) Matthew Webb (UK)


 * 1938 - Frederick Forsyth CBE, author, best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal,The Odessa File, The Dogs of War and others, was born in Ashford