Today in History for 22nd July 2023

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Historical Events

1923 - 17th Tour de France won by Henri Pelissier of France
1933 - Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida" at the New York Hippodrome, becoming the 1st black female opera singer to perform in the US
1965 - Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Home as leader of the British Conservative party
1983 - MLB California Angels outfielder Brian Downing's error ends his record streak at 244 games
2013 - 89 people are killed and 500 are injured by earthquakes in Gansu province, China
2019 - Air strikes have killed at least 31 people in Maarat al-Numan, north-western Syria, with Russian planes supporting Syrian government being blamed

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Famous Birthdays

1848 - Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1914)
1878 - Janusz Korczak [Henryk Goldszmit], Polish-Jewish educator and pedagogue (ran an orphanage in the Warsaw Ghetto) [or born in 1879], born in Warsaw, Congress Poland (d. 1942)
1890 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, American matriarch, mother of JFK, RFK and Ted, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1995)
1928 - Orson Bean, American actor and comedian (To Tell the Truth), born in Burlington, Vermont (d. 2020)
1952 - Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman (1979)
1953 - Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Famous Deaths

1863 - Karl Schuberth, German cellist, and composer, dies at 52
1996 - Peter Ludwig, German businessman and art collector, dies at 71
1996 - Tamara Danz, German singer (Silly), dies of cancer at 43
2007 - Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
2013 - Dennis Farina, American actor, dies from a pulmonary embolism at 69
2021 - Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1978, 80), dies from a heart attack at 84

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