Today in History for 1st September 2022

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Historical Events

1638 - -4] French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam
1911 - M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km
1925 - Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee; replaced by Henri de Baillet-Latour of Belgium
1957 - WAVY TV channel 10 in Portsmouth-Norfolk, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1972 - Australian swimmer Shane Gould wins the 200m freestyle in world record 2:03.56 at the Munich Olympics; her 3rd gold medal and 3rd world record of the Games
1998 - American harness trainer/driver Dave Palone wins his 6,000th race, driving Oompa’s Terminator to victory at The Meadows Racetrack in Pennsylvania

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Famous Birthdays

1758 - Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch Staatscourant
1899 - Richard Arlen, American actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1976)
1937 - Ron O'Neal, actor (Superfly), born in Utica, New York
1937 - Al Geiberger, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1966; first sub-60 PGA Tour round 1977; Players Tour C'ship 1975), born in Red Bluff, California
1977 - Shoshana Bean, American stage actress
1996 - Zendaya [Coleman], American actress (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Euphoria), singer and dancer, born in Oakland, California

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Famous Deaths

1955 - Philip Loeb, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 61
1972 - Kees Posthumus, Dutch chemist, dies at 70
1983 - Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, American politician (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71
2007 - Viliam Schrojf, Slovak soccer goalkeeper (39 caps Czechoslovakia; Slovan Bratislava 240 games), dies at 76
2020 - Jerzy Szczakiel, Polish speedway rider (World Individual C'ship 1973; World Pairs C'ship 1971), dies at 71
2021 - Juan Rodríguez Vega, Chilean soccer defender (26 caps; Universidad de Chile, Atlético Español), dies at 77

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