Today in History for 19th January 2023

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Historical Events

1770 - Battle of Golden Hill (Lower Manhattan)
1885 - Battle of Abu Kru (Battle of Gubat), Sudan: British Desert Column defeat Mahdist forces: 121 British and untold Mahdists killed
1915 - Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude
1941 - British offensive in Eritrea
1992 - Nature Boy Ric Flair becomes WWF champ at Royal Rumble
2006 - Terrorist blows himself up in Tel Aviv, killing only himself but injuring 20 people, one of them seriously

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Famous Birthdays

1747 - Johann Bode, German astronomer (Titius–Bode Law), born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1826)
1935 - [Augustus] Owsley Stanley III, American audio engineer and LSD cook who worked with the Grateful Dead, born in Kentucky (d. 2011)
1947 - Roderic "Rod" Evans, English rocker (The Maze, Deep Purple), born in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England
1971 - Jeff Juden, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, SF Giants), born in Salem, Massachusetts
1984 - Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver, born in Chennai, India
1991 - Tommy Fleetwood, British golfer (US Open runner-up 2018; Ryder Cup 2018), born in Southport, England

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Famous Deaths

1576 - Hans Sachs, German composer, dies at 81
1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
1893 - Julius Eichberg, German composer, dies at 68
1962 - Harry "Snub" Pollard, Australian actor (Don't Shove, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72
1976 - Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (b. 1886)
2020 - Kazım Ayvaz, Turkish wrestler (Olympic gold lightweight, 1964; World C'ship gold welterweight, 1958; lightweight, 1962), dies at 81

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