Today in History for 14th November 2022

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Historical Events

1832 - First streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets
1920 - American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards
1921 - The Communist Party of Spain is founded
1976 - Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten captured one day after fleeing
2007 - the last direct-current distribution by Con Edison was shut down.
2018 - Attempt to move 720,000 Rohingya back to Myanmar from Bangladesh refugee camps amid international criticism. They refuse to go.

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Famous Birthdays

1907 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pippi Longstocking), born in Vimmerby, Sweden (d. 2002)
1921 - Brian Keith, American actor (Family Affair, Loneliest Runner, The Parent Trap), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 1997)
1948 - Charles III [Charles Philip Arthur George], King of the United Kingdom (2022-) Prince of Wales (1958-2022), born in London, England
1966 - Curt Schilling, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Anchorage, Alaska
1966 - Eric Hill, NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1979 - Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress who played Bond girl Camille Montes in Quantum of Solace, born in Berdyansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

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Famous Deaths

1909 - Joshua Slocum, Canadian-American seaman and adventurer, departs from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, sailing south for the winter, and is lost at sea, at 65
1914 - Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
1990 - Malcolm Muggeridge, WW II spy for Britain, dies at 87
1994 - John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric and Stoflongen), dies at 83
2002 - Eddie Bracken, American actor (Summer Stock, Young and Willing), dies at 87
2005 - Jeno Takacs, Austrian composer, dies at 103

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