Today in History for 6th October 2022

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Historical Events

1889 - Moulin Rogue opens in Paris
1908 - Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina
1948 - Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on Rusinga Island, Kenya
1976 - John Hathaway completes 50,600 mile bicycle tour of every continent
1991 - Orioles' last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Det Tigers)
2019 - Tens of thousands of Hong Kong protesters march in defiance of a new ban on face masks

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Famous Birthdays

1744 - James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1813)
1887 - Le Corbusier [Charles Jeanneret], Swiss French architect, city planner and artist (Urbanisme), born in La Chaux-de-Fonds (d. 1965))
1920 - Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
1935 - Vicente Cantatore, Argentine soccer manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Colo Colo, Real Betis, Sevilla, Sporting de Gijón), born in Rosario, Argentina (d. 2021)
1970 - Matt Vogel, American puppeteer (Sesame Street, 1996-present; Kermit the Frog, 2017-present; Big Bird, 2018-present), born in Kansas City, Kansas
1971 - Chris Hudson, NFL strong safety (Jacksonville Jaguars)

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Famous Deaths

1585 - Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter and sculptor, dies at 57
1874 - Thomas Tellefsen, Norwegian pianist and composer, dies at 50
1892 - Alfred Tennyson, writer and British Poet Laureate (The Charge of the Light Brigade), dies at 83
1976 - Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
2002 - Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
2017 - Terry Downes, British middleweight boxing champion (1961-62), dies at 81

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