Today in History for 9th August 2023

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Historical Events

1673 - Dutch under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674
1936 - Helen Stephens claims the women's sprint double at the Berlin Olympics having won the 100m and as part of the victorious American 4 x 100m relay team
1942 - Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, dedicated to city of Leningrad, performed in Leningrad by starving musicians and broadcast to German forces over loudspeakers during siege by Nazi forces
1961 - James Benton Parsons is 1st African American to be nominated to a US Federal District Court
1967 - Biafran offensive against Nigerian army
1991 - British radio show "On the Hour" debuts on BBC Radio 4 with first appearance of Alan Partridge character

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Famous Birthdays

1834 - Elias Álvares Lobo, Brazilian composer, born in Itu, Brazil (d. 1901)
1892 - Charles Delaney, American actor (Air Police, Lonesome Trail), born in NYC, New York (d. 1959)
1942 - David Steinberg, Canadian comedian and director (End), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1942 - Jack DeJohnette, American Jazz drummer (Skyline), born in Chicago, Illinois
1962 - Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German politician, Leader of Christian Democratic Union (2018-), born in Völklingen, West Germany
1973 - Jimmy King, American NBA guard (Toronto Raptors, University of Michigan Wolverines Fab Five), born in South Bend, Indiana

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Famous Deaths

1806 - Louis Ferdinand, Prussian prince and a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, dies at 33
1835 - Claus Nielsen Schali, Danish violinist and composer, dies at 78
1944 - Felix Nussbaum, German painter (Widerstandskunst), murdered at Auschwitz Concentration Camp at 39
1967 - Anton Walbrook [Adolf Wohlbrook], Austrian actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of a heart attack at 66
1992 - Thomas J. McIntyre, American politician (Sen-NH, 1963-79), dies at 77
1995 - John Schofield, English BBC journalist, shot to death in Croatia at 29

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