Today in History for 17th September 2023

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Historical Events

1955 - Sammy Fain and Dan Shapiro's musical comedy "Ankles Aweigh" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC. after 176 performances
1963 - Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32
1965 - CBS premiere of WWII sitcom "Hogan's Heroes"
1977 - Ryder Cup Golf, Royal Lytham and St Annes: US wins 12½-7½; last time a Great Britain and Ireland team competes for Ryder Cup
1983 - 8th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Big Chill" directed by Lawrence Kasdan wins the People's Choice Award
2010 - The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast.

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Famous Birthdays

1688 - Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen consort of Spain to Philip V (1701-14), born in Royal Palace of Turin, Savoy (d. 1714)
1819 - Leon Foucault, French physicist whose pendulum proved that the Earth rotates, born in Paris (d. 1868)
1857 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket and space research, born in Izhevskoye, Ryazan Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1935)
1909 - Kenneth Darling, British Army Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, born in Bengal Presidency, British India (d. 1998)
1953 - Altaf Hussain, Pakistani politician and founder of MQM
1989 - Jonathan McReynolds, American gospel musician (Make Room), born in Chicago, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1823 - Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker, dies at 76
1863 - Albartus Telting, Frisian poet (Frisianch Jierboeckjen), dies at 59
1892 - Ignaz Vincenz Zingerle, Austrian poet, dies at 67
1895 - Auguste Toulet, Belgian balloonist, dies
1958 - Friedrich Adolf Paneth, Austrian-British chemist, dies at 71
1996 - Spiro Agnew, American politician (Vice President, 1969 until resignation over corruption allegations in 1973), dies of leukemia at 77

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