Today in History for 14th January 2023

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Historical Events

1724 - Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne
1813 - Gideon Hawley becomes 1st state school superintendent in US (NY)
1945 - In Greece, Communists and the British agree to a cease-fire in the struggle to control Athens (and with it Greece)
1976 - "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC)
2008 - MESSENGER spacecraft performs a Mercury flyby
2019 - Americans chance of dying from an accidental opioid overdose higher than a car accident for the first time, according to US National Safety Council

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Famous Birthdays

1722 - Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, German organist and composer, born in Köthen, Germany (d. 1806)
1863 - Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator, born in Valkenburg, Netherlands (d. 1930)
1931 - Caterina Valente, Italian singer, dancer, and actress (Bon soir, Kathrin!, The Entertainers), born in Paris, France
1957 - Anchee Min, Chinese writer, born in Shanghai, China
1980 - Ossama Haidar, Lebanese soccer player
1990 - Grant Gustin, American actor and singer (The Flash), born in Norfolk, Virginia

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Famous Deaths

1872 - Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye-Terrier who spent 14 years guarding the grave of his owner John Gray, dies at 16
1937 - Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist, dies at 47
1970 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b. 1906)
1987 - Douglas Sirk, German American film director (All That Heaven Allows), dies at 86
1996 - Pamelo Mounk'a, Congolese musician, dies at 50
2006 - Henri Colpi, French New Wave film editor and director, dies at 84

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