Today in History for 10th August 2022

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Historical Events

1948 - Bradman scores 133* Aust v Lancashire, 216 mins, 17 fours
1954 - Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins
1986 - Marquis Theater opens at 1535 Broadway NYC
1995 - Dodgers leading 2-1 in 9th forfeit game to Cards, fans become unruly
1997 - Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine
2014 - Unrest breaks out in Ferguson, Missouri after the death of African American Michael Brown by a policeman.

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Famous Birthdays

1793 - Heinrich August Neithardt, composer
1893 - Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Gov Gen of Australia (1959-61)
1921 - Leonard Lickorish, dir-gen (British Tourist Authority)
1949 - Gene Johnson, American country singer (Diamond Rio - "Meet in the Middle"), born in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania
1971 - Paul Newlove, rugby league player
1997 - Kylie Jenner, American model, TV and social media personality (Keeping Up with the Kardashians), born in Los Angeles, California

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Famous Deaths

1784 - Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter, dies at 70
1896 - Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies
1932 - Rin Tin Tin, American Hollywood shepherd dog (Clash of the Wolves), dies at 13
1963 - Ernst Wetter, Member of the Swiss Federal Council, dies at 85
1987 - Calvin Culver, actor (Score), dies
1995 - Fay Honey Knopp, American activist (founded a Quaker ministry for men and women in prisons), dies of complications from ovarian cancer at 76

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