Today in History for 21st October 2022

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Historical Events

1925 - Sidney Howards "Lucky Sam McGarver" premieres in NYC
1972 - "Man of La Mancha" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 140 performances
1976 - NY Knicks retire 1st number, # 19, Willis Reed
1976 - Baseball World Series: defending champions Cincinnati Reds sweep NY Yankees; beat Bombers, 7-2 in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium; MVP: Reds catcher Johnny Bench
2017 - Spanish government suspends Catalonia's autonomy in the face of a deepening political crisis over the region's push for independence
2018 - Train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 and injuring 178

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Famous Birthdays

1581 - Domenico Zampieri, Italian painter (d. 1641)
1904 - Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, American sci-fi author (Danger Planet)
1916 - Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (The Lady Without Camelias, Two Anonymous Letters), born in Florence, Tuscany (d. 1974)
1971 - Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler (World C'ship gold [skip] 2014; Olympics silver 2010), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 2022)
1973 - Charlie Lowell, American Musician
1980 - Brian Pittman, American Christian rock bassist (Relient K), born in Canton, Ohio

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Famous Deaths

1805 - Horatio Nelson, British admiral and war hero, dies in Battle of Trafalgar at 47
1969 - Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet of the Beat Generation (On the Road, Mexico Blues), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 47
1977 - Ferit Tuzun, Turkish composer, dies at 48
1984 - Francois Truffaut, dir (Fahrenheit 451), dies of brain cancer at 52
1993 - Melchior Ndadaye, 1st Hutu President of Burundi (1993), murdered at 40
2012 - Dann Cahn, American film editor, dies of natural causes at 89

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