Today in History for 16th September 2023

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Historical Events

1575 - King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to the Huguenots
1901 - Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County
1943 - Soviet army under general Vatutin reconquers Romny, Northern Ukraine
1995 - Shawntel Smith (Okla), 24, crowned 69th Miss America 1996
2007 - One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
2012 - 8 police officers are killed by a roadside bombing by Kurdistan Workers' Party militants in Turkey

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Famous Birthdays

1736 - Johann Nikolaus Tetens, German-Danish philosopher and mathematician, born in Tetenbüll, Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark (d. 1807)
1883 - George Duncan, Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1920), born in Methlick, Scotland (d. 1964)
1929 - Dale Kildee, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977-2013), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 2021)
1934 - George Chakiris, American actor (West Side Story), born in Norwood, Ohio
1942 - Linda G Miller, American actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi), born in NYC, New York
1966 - Kevin Curtis Young, American 400m hurdler, born in Los Angeles, California

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Famous Deaths

1993 - Willie Mosconi, American pool player (World C'ship pocket billiards 1941-57), dies of a heart attack at 80
1994 - Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84
2007 - Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series (b. 1948)
2015 - Bob Cleary, American US Hockey HOF center (Olympic gold 1960; Harvard University), dies at 79
2018 - Big Jay [Cecil James] McNeely, American RandB saxophonist, dies of prostate cancer at 91
2019 - Peter Stormonth Darling, Scottish investment banker (Mercury Asset Management Group - largest fund-management in the UK), dies at 86

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