Today in History for 4th October 2022

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Historical Events

1648 - Peter Stuyvesant establishes America's 1st volunteer fire service
1916 - Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time
1964 - LPGA Championship Women's Golf, Stardust CC; Mary Mills shoots final round 69 to win first of her 2 LPGA C'ships, 2 strokes ahead of defending champion Mickey Wright
1967 - St Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 2-1 in Game 1 of Baseball World Series at Fenway Park; first Fall Classic since 1948 not to feature Yankees, Giants or Dodgers; Cards win series, 4-3
1986 - Queen Beatrice installs dam at Oosterschelde
2003 - Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.

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Famous Birthdays

1276 - Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (d. 1311)
1901 - [Robert] Carroll Nye, American actor (Gone With The Wind), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1974)
1955 - John Rutherford, Scottish rugby union fly-half (42 caps; British and Irish Lions 1983), born in Selkirk, Scotland
1956 - Sherri Turner, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 1988), born in Greenville, South Carolina
1967 - Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer, born in Hong Kong
1971 - Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer

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Famous Deaths

1862 - William Duncan Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 36
1949 - Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, mostly of operettas (Bruder Straubinger; The Golden Mistress), dies from injuries from falling off of a stage at 75
1992 - Denny Hulme, New Zealand auto racer (F1 World Drivers' Champion 1967), dies of a heart attack driving in Bathurst 1,000 at 56
1993 - Jim Holton, Scottish soccer defender (15 caps; Manchester United, Coventry City), dies of a heart attack at 42
2002 - André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (Benvenuta), dies at 76
2004 - Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927)

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