Today in History for 29th August 2023

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Historical Events

1930 - The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
1967 - Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes
1987 - Houston Astro MLB player Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time
1992 - Irish rock band U2 plays the 1st of two sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, NYC
2011 - "Tha Carter IV" 9th studio album by Lil Wayne is released
2012 - Banana Spider venom is found to be effective in relieving erectile dysfunction

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Famous Birthdays

1843 - David B. Hill, American politician and Governor of New York (1885-91), born in Montour Falls, New York (d. 1910)
1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet and philosopher (Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure), born in Hove, Sussex, England (d. 1929)
1905 - Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist, executed without a trial for his beliefs, born in Juva, Finland (d. 1941)
1954 - Julio Fernandez, Cuban-American jazz guitarist (Spyro Gyra, 1984-present), born in Havana, Cuba
1963 - Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer (Cocteau Twins - "Heaven OR Las Vegas"), born in Grangemouth, Scotland
1974 - Jay Onrait, Canadian sports broadcaster (TSN, Fox Sports 1), born in Athabasca, Alberta

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Famous Deaths

1893 - Aleksey Apukhtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17]
1931 - David Abercrombie, Abercrombie and Fitch founder, dies at 64
1980 - Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, French politician and Nazi collaborator (anti-Semite minister in WWII Vichy government), dies at 92
1987 - Lee Marvin, American actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou), dies of a heart attack at 63
2002 - Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (To Serve Them All My Days), dies at 82
2007 - Pierre Messmer, French politician (Prime Minister of France 1972-74 under Georges Pompidou), dies at 91

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