Today in History for 17th July 2023

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Historical Events

1894 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Blanche Bingley-Hillyard beats Edith Austin 6-1 6-1 for her 3rd of 6 Wimbledon singles titles
1959 - "North by Northwest" directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint premieres in Los Angeles
1970 - 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC
1981 - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1987 - Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time
1989 - Paul McCartney releases single "This One", from his album "Flowers In The Dirt"

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Famous Birthdays

1913 - Roger Garaudy, French philosopher and communist (convicted for Holocaust denial), born in Marseille, France (d. 2012)
1940 - Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)
1963 - John Ventimiglia, American actor (The Sopranos), born in Queens, New York
1967 - Kevin Pritchard, American NBA guard and basketball executive (Washington Bullets), born in Bloomington, Indiana
1972 - Eric Williams, American NBA forward (Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics), born in Newark, New Jersey
1973 - Horacio Llamas, Mexican NBA center (Phoenix Suns), born in Rosario, Mexico

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Famous Deaths

1943 - Sir Patrick Duncan, Governor-general of the Union of South Africa (1937 to 1943), dies at 72
1961 - Ty Cobb, American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (AL MVP 1911; Triple Crown 1909; 12 × AL batting champion; Detroit Tigers) and manager (Detroit Tigers 1921-26), dies of cancer at 74
1966 - August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi Suite), dies at 71
2004 - Julian Hodge, British financier and multi-millionaire (Hodge Group), dies at 99
2009 - Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist and news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81), dies of cerebrovascular disease at 92
2009 - Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher and writer (Conversations with the Devil), dies at 81

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