Today in History for 25th November 2022

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Historical Events

1744 - Austrian forces pillage and kill Jews of Prague
1912 - Socialist International rejects that world war is coming
1947 - The 1st systematic Hollywood blacklist is instituted, denying employment to American entertainment professionals due to alleged Communist ties or sympathies
1969 - KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year
1973 - US cuts maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure
2012 - 11 people are killed and 30 are wounded by twin car bombs hitting a Protestant church in Nigeria

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Famous Birthdays

1914 - Joe DiMaggio, American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (13 × MLB All-Star; 9 x World Series; 3 x AL MVP; MLB record 56-game hitting streak; NY Yankees), born in Martinez, California (d. 1999)
1933 - Ramiro Cortés Jr., American composer, born in Dallas, Texas (c. 1984)
1977 - Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
1980 - Josh Lomberger, American professional wrestling backstage interviewer
1981 - Jenna Bush Hager, American author, news personality (Today with Hoda and Jenna) and twin daughter of US President George W. Bush, born in Dallas, Texas
1981 - Barbara Bush, American activist (Global Health Corps) and twin daughter of US President George W. Bush, born in Dallas, Texas

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Famous Deaths

1785 - Richard Glover, British poet, dies at about 73
1950 - Johannes V. Jensen, Danish novelist and poet (The Fall of the King; Nobel Prize for Literature, 1944), dies at 77
1967 - Ossip Zadkine [Zadkin], Russian French sculptor (Destroyed City), dies at 77
1974 - Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter (Pink Moon), dies of a drug overdose at 26
1983 - Anton Dolin [Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-kay], British dancer (Girl From Petrovka), dies at 79
1989 - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)

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