Today in History for 28th July 2023

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Historical Events

1911 - 96°F (35.6°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
1920 - Sigmund Romberg and Alex Gerber's musical "Poor Little Ritz Girl", with additional songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (marking their Broadway debut), opens at the Central Theatre, NYC; runs for 93 performances
1928 - IX Summer Olympic Games open in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1972 - 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162)
1997 - NY Ranger center Mark Messier signs with Vancouver for $20M for 3 yrs
2021 - Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi wins women's individual medley double with victory in 200m at the Tokyo Olympics; 3 days earlier she won the 400m IM gold medal

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Famous Birthdays

1824 - Jacopo Foroni, Italian opera composer (I gladiatori; Advokathen Panthelin), and conductor, born in Verona, Italy (d. 1858)
1863 - Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski, Russian general (d. 1919)
1933 - Charlie Hodge, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender (Montreal Canadiens), born in Lachine, Quebec (d. 2016)
1934 - Ron Flowers, English soccer midfielder (49 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 467 games), born in Doncaster, England (d. 2021)
1938 - Luis Aragonés, Spanish soccer forward (11 caps; Atlético Madrid) and manager (Spain 2004-08; Atlético Madrid, Barcelona), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2014)
1979 - Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer, born in Húsavík, Iceland

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Famous Deaths

1741 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian Baroque composer (The Four Seasons), dies at 63
1971 - Myril Hoag, American baseball player, dies at 63
1972 - Charu Majumdar, Indian revolutionary leader, dies in custody at 53
1973 - Royal Butler [Edwin Richey], American actor (Zenobia), dies at 80
2004 - George Williams, American soul singer (The Tymes), dies at 68
2007 - Karl Gotch, Belgian professional wrestler (b. 1924)

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