Today in History for 12th October 2022

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Historical Events

1891 - Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated
1898 - Establishment of the first town council in Mateur.
1907 - Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Detroit Tigers, 2-0 at Bennett Park for 4-0-1 series victory; Cubs' first Championship
1918 - Cloquet fire kills 453 and injures or displaces 52,000 people
1969 - Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 7 is launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan
1995 - "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1813 - Lyman Trumbull, U.S. Senator from Illinois (1855-73), born in Colchester, Connecticut (d. 1896)
1890 - Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1955)
1929 - Robert Coles, American author (Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1947 - George Lam, Hong Kong veteran Cantopop singer, born in Hong Kong
1952 - Danielle Proulx, French Canadian actress, born in Montreal, Quebec
1968 - Bill Auberlen, American race car driver, born in Redondo Beach, California

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Famous Deaths

1343 - Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies
1679 - William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
1969 - Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater (Olympic gold 1928, 32, 36), and actress (My Lucky Star), dies from leukemia at 57
1990 - Rifaat Maghub, president Egyptian MP, murdered
2017 - Grape-kun, a Humbolt penguin from Tobu Zoo, who gained fame from the anime series "Kemono Friends", dies aged 21 (Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan).
2018 - Takehisa Kosugi, Japanese violinist and experimental music composer (Group Ongaku; Taj Mahal Travellers), dies at 80

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