Today in History for 8th October 2023

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Historical Events

1625 - English Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz, Spain
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for the murder of Charles Lindbergh's son
1972 - International music revue "From Israel with Love" closes limited run at Palace Theater, NYC, after 8 performances
1980 - USSR and Syria sign peace treaty
1986 - Mike Scott ties playoff record of 14 strikeouts, beats Mets 1-0
2016 - 140 people are killed in an air strike during a wake in Sanaa, Yemen

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Famous Birthdays

1834 - Walter Kittredge, American musician during American Civil War, born in Merrimack, New Hampshire (d. 1905)
1959 - Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American astronaut (STS 84, sk 97), born in Lima, Peru
1961 - Ted Kooshian, American jazz pianist (Hubub!; Standard Orbit Quartet; Clowns Will Be Arriving), born in San Jose, California
1965 - Martin Mayhew, American NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Daytona Beach, California
1970 - Anne-Marie Duff, English actress (Shameless), born in London, England
1977 - Erna Siikavirta, Finnish heavy metal keyboardist (Deathlike Silence, 2006-08; Lordi, 1997-2005), born in Espoo, Finland

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Famous Deaths

1772 - Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, French composer and violinist, dies at 60
1925 - Abraham Pieter Cornelis van Karnebeek, Dutch Foreign Minister (Liberal, 1918-27), dies at 89
1987 - Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek politician and 2nd President of Greece (1975-1980), dies at 88
1990 - B.J. Wilson, British session and touring rock drummer (Procol Harum, 1967-77; Joe Cocker), dies of a drug overdose complications and pneumonia at 43
1995 - Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator, dies at 45
2008 - Eileen Herlie [Herlihy], Scottish-American actress (All My Children; The Angel with the Trumpet), dies of complications from pneumonia at 90

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