Today in History for 23rd October 2022

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Historical Events

1888 - Pelham Bay Park in Bronx vested
1934 - Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain record balloon height of 10.9 miles (17.5 km) over Lake Erie
1972 - Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain
1983 - 400,000 demonstrate in Brussels, against cruise missile
2008 - Joe Sakic scores his final career goal (#625) against the Edmonton Oilers
2015 - Adele releases her single "Hello" - becomes 1st song with more than a million downloads in 1st week (1.1m)

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Famous Birthdays

1516 - Charlotte of Valois, Princess of France as second daughter of King Francis I and his wife Claude, born in Château d'Amboise, France (d. 1524)
1766 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French general and marshal, born in Paris (d. 1847)
1922 - Coleen Gray [Doris Bernice Jensen], American actress (Apache Drums, The Killing), born in Staplehurst, Nebraska (d. 2015)
1948 - Brian Ross, American Emmy and Peabody Award television journalist (NBC, 1974-94; ABC, 1994-2019), born in Chicago, Illinois
1961 - Andoni Zubizarreta, Spanish soccer goalkeeper (126 caps Spain, 4 Basque Country; FC Barcelona 301 games, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia), born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
1962 - Doug Flutie, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1984, Boston College; Grey Cup MVP 1992, 96, 97; Pro Bowl 1998, Buffalo Bills), born in Manchester, Maryland

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Famous Deaths

1753 - Columban Praelisauer, German music director and composer, dies at 50
1868 - Cullen Whipple, American inventor (pointed screw machine), dies at 67
1989 - Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911)
2004 - Edward Toner Cone, American pianist, composer and pedagogue, dies at 87
2005 - John Muth, American economist (b. 1930)
2016 - Tom Hayden, American civil rights and antiwar activist and politician (Rep-D-Ca), dies at 76

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