Today in History for 21st September 2023

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Historical Events

1451 - Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge
1958 - American pilots Jim Heth and Bill Burkhart complete 1st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours (50 days, 16 minutes), landing "The Old Scotchman", their modified Cessna 172 in Dallas, Texas; record broken 123 days later
1970 - Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0
2013 - 100 people are killed in a series of attacks across Iraq
2017 - Discovery of the first brainless animal that sleeps, the jellyfish Cassiopea, research published in "Current Biology" by Caltech scientists
2022 - New York Attorney General Letitia James files lawsuit against Donald Trump and three of his children, alleging widespread fraud through inflating his personal net worth by billions of dollars

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Famous Birthdays

1452 - Girolamo Savonarola, Italian preacher and dictator of Florence (1494-98), born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1498)
1905 - Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive, born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (d. 1999)
1931 - Sykuro Manabe, Japanese-American meteorologist (2021 Nobel Prize for Physics for pioneering work on climate change), born in Ehime, Japan
1945 - Richard Childress, NASCAR team owner
1968 - Jon Brookes, English drummer (The Charlatans), born in Burntwood, Staffordshire (d. 2013)
1991 - Jordan Hasay, American track and field athlete

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Famous Deaths

687 - Conon, Sicilian Pope (686-87), dies
1883 - Johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters and theologist, dies at 65
1935 - Herm McFarland, American MLB outfielder (first grand slam in AL history), dies at 65
1948 - Bokke R. S. Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist, poet, and author (Lok en Lijen (Happiness and Suffering)), dies at 65
1986 - Pierre Wigny, Belgium politician (Minister of Foreign affairs 1958-61), dies at 81
1991 - Angelo Rossitto, American dwarf actor (known as "Little Moe", Carousel), dies at 83

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