CoM Moderators Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Historical Events 1951 - USSR performs nuclear test1965 - Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament1971 - Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament1974 - Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits1990 - East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact1990 - Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free marketMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1564 - William Adams, English navigator and 1st ever Western Samurai, born in Gillingham, Kent, England (d. 1620)1892 - Adélard Godbout, Canadian politician (15th Premier of Québec), born in Saint-Éloi, Quebec, Canada (d. 1956)1898 - Howard Florey, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist who purified penicillin (Nobel 1945), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 1968)1923 - Theodore "Fats" Navarro, American jazz trumpet player, born in Key West, Florida (d. 1950)1979 - Ross Mathews, American television personality and comedian (The Tonight Show), born in Mount Vernon, Washington1984 - Szilvia Molnar, Swedish writerMore Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1180 - Manuel I Komnenos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1143-80), dies at 611896 - Percy McDonnell, Australian cricket batsman (19 Tests, 3 x 100s), dies of cardiac failure at 351945 - Hans Geiger, German physicist (co-inventor of the Geiger counter), dies at 621968 - Harry Robert Wilson, American composer, dies at 671990 - Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 342008 - Irene Dailey, American actress (Another World, Grissom Gang), dies of colon cancer at 88More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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