Today in History for 19th September 2023

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Historical Events

1862 - Battle at Iuka Mississippi (1,700 casualties)
1952 - "Adventures of Superman" TV series starring George Reeves premieres in syndication in the US
1960 - Chubby Checker's "The Twist" hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
1996 - "Skylight" opens at Royale Theater NYC
2006 - Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
2022 - Scientists discover site of the Amazon's tallest tree, an angelim vermelho at 88.5 meters (290 feet) tall and 9.9 meters (32 feet) wide, Iratapuru River Nature Reserve, northern Brazil,

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Famous Birthdays

1749 - Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (The History of Astronomy), born in Amiens, France (d. 1822)
1811 - Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader, born in Hartford, New York (d. 1881)
1904 - Karen Aabye, Danish author (Less bedstemor there jomfru), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1982)
1921 - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and philosopher (critical pedagogy), born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil (d. 1997)
1946 - Brian Henton, English racing driver, born in Castle Donington, Leicestershire
1967 - Kenny Smith, American bluegrass guitarist and vocalist (Lonesome River Band, 1996-2001), born in Nine Mile, Indiana

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Famous Deaths

1902 - Masaoka Shiki, Japanese haiku and tanka poet and diarist (Salt Water Ballads), dies at 34
1935 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket and space research, dies at 78
1993 - Richard Landau, American screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79
1995 - Mr. Bo {Louis Collins], American electric blues guitarist and singer, dies at 63
2000 - Gloria Talbott, American film and television actress, sometimes known as "the Scream Queen" for her work in B-movies, dies of kidney failure at 69
2013 - Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (President of Nintendo, 1949-2003, owner of Seattle Mariners), dies at 85

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