Today in History for 23rd April 2023

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Historical Events

1798 - Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution
1919 - US Major League Baseball opens a reduced 140-game season
1959 - 1st heliport in Britain opens in London
1967 - Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
1969 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney
1997 - 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Brooks and Dunn, George Strait, and Patty Loveless win

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Famous Birthdays

1629 - Jan Commelin, Dutch botanist and director of Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1692)
1747 - Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, born in Paris (d. 1828)
1908 - Myron Waldman, American animator (Fleischer Studio), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
1948 - Pascal Quignard, French author (Les Ombres), born in Verneuil-sur-Avre, Eure, France
1949 - Joyce DeWitt, American actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
1988 - Alistair Brownlee, British triathlete (Olympic gold 2012, 16), born in Dewsbury, England

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Famous Deaths

1014 - Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, dies in battle at Clontarf
1728 - Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, Spanish composer based in Peru, dies at 83
1880 - Raden Saleh [Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman], Indonesian romantic painter, dies at about 69
1915 - Rupert Brooke, British WW I poet (Lithuania, The Soldier), dies at 27
1929 - Rudolf Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies of tuberculosis at 28
2006 - Susan Browning, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Pat"), dies at 65

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