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Today in History for 13th July 2022


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Historical Events

1900 - Phillies beat Pittsburgh 23-8
1943 - Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia's defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 lost by Germany
1950 - René Pleven forms French government
1978 - Albania drops diplomatic relations with People's Republic of China
1991 - Bob Milacki and 3 other Baltimore Oriole pitchers no-hit A's 2-0
1997 - Senior Players Championship Men's Golf, TPC of Michigan: Larry Gilbert wins his lone career major title by 3 strokes from Isao Aoki, Bob Dickson, Jack Kiefer and Dave Stockton

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Famous Birthdays

1913 - Carolina Gisolf, Dutch high jumper (Olympic silver, 1928), born in Holland
1932 - Antonio Roma, football goalkeeper (42 caps), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2013)
1942 - Stephen Jo Bladd, American drummer (J Geils Band - "Centerfold"; "Freeze Frame"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1954 - Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer
1975 - Danni Boatwright, American model/beauty queen (Miss Teen USA 1992 2nd runner-up), born in Tonganoxie, Kansas
1982 - Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)

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Famous Deaths

1399 - Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330)
1863 - John S. Bowen, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 32
1947 - Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies at 68
2006 - Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], American comedian (The Red Buttons Show), and Academy Award-winning actor (Sayonara; The Poseidon Adventure), dies from cardiovascular disease at 87
2013 - Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and musician, dies of heroin and alcohol overdose at 31
2014 - Thomas Berger, American novelist, dies at 89

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7 hours ago, Pensant said:

I thought China was Albania’s great friend after the rupture with the Warsaw Pact.

It was, after Albania's departure from the pact in 1968. They broke with China when China abandoned Marxism-Leninism and was no longer communist. That says more about Albania at that time than it does about China!

We should perhaps leave it at that and not continue this strand of conversation!

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