Today in History for 19th November 2022

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Historical Events

1894 - Dutch troops occupy and plunders palace of Tjakra Negara, Lombok
1923 - Béla Bartòk's "Tancsuite" premieres
1950 - US General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
1955 - KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, North Dakota (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 - First 2 F-27 Fokker's Friendships delivered on Aer Lingus
2020 - Inquiry find "credible evidence" elite Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan civilians

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Famous Birthdays

1906 - Jacques Leguerney, French composer, born in LeHarve, France, (d. 1997)
1907 - Jack Schaefer, American author (Shane), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1991)
1927 - Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of Motown's house band - The Funk Brothers (1959-64), born in Jackson, Tennessee (d. 2007)
1944 - Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
1954 - Annette Guest, American pop singer (First Choice - "Smarty Pants"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1971 - Alice Peacock, American folk singer, born in White Bear Lake, Minnesota

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Famous Deaths

1557 - Bona Sforza, Queen of Sigismund I of Poland (b. 1494)
1915 - Joe Hill [Joel Hägglund], Swedish-American labor activist and protest songwriter "The Preacher and the Slave"; "There Is Power in a Union"), executed at Sugar House Prison in Salt Lake City, Utah for murder at 36
1940 - Charles W. Woodworth, American entomologist, dies at 75
1967 - Charles J. Watters, US Army chaplain, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
1990 - Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (best known for his leadership in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War), dies at 89
1995 - Bruce Trent [William Butters], British singer and actor (The Passing Show, Band Waggon), dies at 83

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