Today in History for 24th July 2023

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Historical Events

1911 - Cleve's League Park hosts 1st unofficial ML All Star game (benefit game for Addie Joss' family). Cleveland Naps lose to All Stars 5-3
1923 - Allied Powers and Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne
1960 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Firestone CC: Jay Hebert wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Australian Jim Ferrier
1982 - "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill NYC after 63 performances
1989 - Paula Gwynn, 22, crowned 21st Miss Black America
2005 - British Senior Open Men's Golf, Royal Aberdeen: Tom Watson wins his second Open Senior title in a playoff with Ireland's Des Smyth

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Famous Birthdays

1924 - Edward Digby, 12th Baron Digby, British Army (Coldstream Guards) officer (d. 2018)
1934 - Jimmy Holiday, American soul singer ("How Can I Forget"; Baby I Love You"), and songwriter ("Put A Little Love In Your Heart"), born in Sallis, Mississippi (d. 1987)
1935 - Pat Oliphant, Australian cartoonist (7 Pres: The Art of Oliphant)
1947 - Michael Coveney, English drama critic (The Observer, The Daily Mail), born in London, England
1954 - Philippe Alliot, French Formula One race driver, born in Voves, France
1961 - Paul Geary, American heavy metal drummer (Extreme), born in Medofrd, Massachusetts

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Famous Deaths

1712 - Cornelis earl of Nassau, general-major/mister of Woudenberg, dies
1756 - George Vertue, engraver, dies
1826 - Jacob Kimball, American pioneering composer and musician, dies at 65
1842 - John Sell Cotman, landscape painter, dies
1996 - Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (Love and Death, Delicatessen), dies at 82
1997 - Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (Gianni Versace), commits suicide at 27

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