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I don’t have time to be bored

  “Life is for living and working at. If you find anything or anybody a bore, the fault is in yourself.” Elizabeth I of England was born on this day in 1533 (died 1603) Life certainly isn’t boring. Not for me anyway. Oh sure, there is work I don’t always enjoy, or times when I’d …

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Born on this Day: Henry VIII

Henry VIII was born on this day in 1491. He died on January 28, 1547. Henry VII is known for his six marriages as well as for this role in the separation of the Church of England from the Catholic Church. He was the father of Elizabeth I, born to Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth became queen …

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