Today in History for 29th September 2023

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Historical Events

219 - Batavian soldiers consecrate altar on Hercules Magusanus Rome
1678 - France and Brandenburg sign peace treaty
1914 - Boston Braves, who were in last place in mid-July, clinch NL pennant
1945 - Chicago Cubs clinch NL pennant with record of 98–56
1983 - US Congress authorizes President Reagan to keep 1,600 US Marines in Lebanon
2003 - Hurricane Juan makes landfall in Nova Scotia.

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Famous Birthdays

1803 - Mercator Cooper, American sea captain (first to visit Japan and Antarctica), born in Southampton, New York (d. 1872)
1901 - Lanza del Vasto, Italian philosopher and activist (d. 1981)
1955 - Mark Mitchell, Australian actor (Larger than Life, Con the Fruiterer), bon in Melbourne Australia
1972 - Oliver Gavin, British racing car driver (Corvette Racing 2002-present), born in Huntingdon, England
1993 - Carlos Salcedo, Mexican footballer, born in Guadalajara, Mexico
1994 - Halsey [Ashley Frangipane], American singer-songwriter (Without Me), born in Edison, New Jersey

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Famous Deaths

1927 - Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist and inventor of the electrocardiodiogram (Nobel Prize in Medicine 1924), dies at 67
1952 - John Cobb, British speed record holder (World Land Speed Record 1938-39, 47), dies attempting to break world Water Speed Record at Loch Ness, Scotland, at 52
1993 - Ghuslam Wyne, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Punjab, murdered at 60
1998 - Jared High, American victim of bullying and suicide, dies at 13
2018 - Otis Rush, American blues musician (Right Place, Wrong Time), dies from complications from an earlier stroke at 83
2019 - Larry Willis, American jazz pianist and composer, dies of an aneurysm at 76

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