Today in History for 22nd October 2022

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Historical Events

1335 - Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) became a Zen priest
1899 - British troops flee Dundee, Natal South Africa
1935 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Twin Hills CC: Johnny Revolta wins his only major title, defeating Tommy Armour, 5 and 4
1980 - 4th government of Martens forms in Belgium
2019 - Chilean president Sebastián Piñera agrees to meet opposition leaders after 15 people killed in growing nationwide protests over living costs and inequality
2020 - The National Hockey League announces the annual NHL All Star Game and the NHL All-Star Skills Competition would be postponed to no earlier than 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Famous Birthdays

1847 - Jacobus Herculas de la Rey, Boer leader in the South African War (1899–1902), born in Winburg, South Africa (d. 1914)
1900 - James Hall, American actor (Hell's Angels, Four Sons), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1940)
1915 - Harry Hickox, Big Springs Tx, (Herb-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
1918 - Lou Klein, American baseball infielder (St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia A's) and manager (Chicago Cubs), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1976)
1921 - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (d. 1986)
1928 - Clare Fischer, American musician, composer and arranger, born in Durand, Michigan (d. 2012)

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Famous Deaths

1674 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, dies at 53
1847 - Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa
1954 - Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (one of the modernist Group of Five), dies at 64
1965 - Paul Tillich, German-American theologist (Courage To Be), dies at 79
1994 - David Buchan, Scottish ethno-musicologist, dies at 55
1995 - Kingsley Amis, English author (Lucky Jim), dies of injuries from a fall at 73

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