Today in History for 24th January 2023

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Historical Events

1568 - In Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw
1847 - 1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by US Colonel Price
1900 - Battle of Spion Kop: South African Boers defeat the British army after it attempts to cross the Tugela River and relieve the besieged city Ladysmith
2001 - Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson resigns
2006 - After losing the federal election to Stephen Harper, Paul Martin resigns as leader of the Liberal party
2013 - A Japanese Coast guard ship engages a Taiwanese activist ship in the Senkaku Islands dispute

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Famous Birthdays

1778 - Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, son of French King Charles X, born in Versailles, France (d. 1820)
1820 - John Milton Thayer, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bellingham, Massachusetts (d. 1906)
1872 - Ethel Turner, Australian author (d. 1958)
1872 - Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)
1948 - Elliott Abrams, American ass. secretary of state/supplied arms to the Contras, born in New York
1987 - Luis Suárez, Uruguayan football player (Barcelona, Uruguay national team), born in Salto, Uruguay

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Famous Deaths

1619 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator against the rule of James I of England, dies at 54
1678 - Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72
1924 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, dies at 29
1979 - Mabel Taliaferro, actress (My Love Come Back), dies at 91
1986 - L. Ron Hubbard, American sci-fi writer (Death Quest) and founder of the Scientology cult, dies at 74
1992 - Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (b. 1950)

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