Today in History for 26th November 2022

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Historical Events

1476 - Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
1917 - NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
1956 - Egil Danielsen of Norway sets a new world record throw of 85.71m to win the men's javelin gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics
1975 - US Federal jury finds Lynette Fromme guilty of attempted assassination
1979 - Intl Olympic Committee votes to readmit China after 21 years
1995 - New Zealand score 8-348 in 49 overs v India in Nagpur ODI

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Famous Birthdays

1850 - Henricus van de Wetering, Archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929), born in Hoogland, Netherlands (d. 1929)
1873 - Fred Herd, Scottish golfer (US Open 1898), born in St. Andrews, Scotland (d. 1954)
1925 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (Leventritt Award-1943), born in NYC, New York (d. 2003)
1939 - David White, American singer and songwriter (Danny And The Juniors - "At The Hop": Leslie Gore - "You Don't Own Me"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
1970 - Dave Hughes, Australian comedian (Hughesy, We Have a Problem), born in Warrnambool, Victoria
1986 - Trevor Morgan, American actor (Genius), born in Chicago, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1326 - Hugh the younger Despenser, English knight (b. 1286)
1719 - John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
1836 - John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer and road builder who created macadam road surface (asphalt), dies at 80
1966 - Harold Burrage, American RandB singer, pianist, and songwriter ("Got to Find a Way"), dies of heart failure at 35
1995 - David Briggs, American record producer (Neil Young; Nils Lofgren), dies of lung cancer at 51
2013 - Araucaria [John Galbraith Graham], British crossword compiler (The Guardian) and priest, dies at 92

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