Today in History for 2nd February 2023

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Historical Events

1119 - Guido di Borgogna elected Pope Callistus II
1869 - James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 - Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Baseball Hall of Fame
1973 - Richard Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA; succeeded by James R Schlesinger (until July)
1992 - IRS and Willie Nelson settle on $9M tax bill (of $16.7M)

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Famous Birthdays

1522 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
1926 - Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, 1st Cent American cardinal (Nicaragua)
1968 - Sean Elliott, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
1970 - Roar Strand, Norwegian footballer
1975 - Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
1983 - Alex Westaway, British rock singer (Gunship; Fightstar), born in Northamptonshire, England

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Famous Deaths

1688 - Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610)
1970 - Jaroslav Vogel, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 76
1980 - William H. Stein, American biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68
1981 - Louise Lorraine, actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies
1988 - Clive Epstein, British music artist manager, and brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51
2005 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (world heavyweight champion 1930-32), dies at 99

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