Today in History for 14th October 2023

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Historical Events

1805 - Battle of Elchingen, France defeats Austria
1934 - "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres
1958 - Paul Osborn's "World of Suzie Wong" premieres in NYC
1964 - US 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Gary Ilman and Don Schollander swim world record 3:33.2 to beat Germany by 4.0s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
2018 - Afghan batsman Hazratullah Zazai becomes only the 6th player in cricket history (3rd in T20) to hit 6-sixes in an over; scores 62 in 17 balls in Kabul Zwanan loss v Balkh Legends in Afghanistan Premier League
2020 - French president Emmanuel Macron announces a public health emergency and a curfew of 9 pm for nine cities due to surge in COVID-19 cases

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Famous Birthdays

1687 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (Simson line), born in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland (d. 1768)
1891 - Paul de Keyser, Flemish philologist and folklorist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1966)
1892 - Sumner Welles, American diplomat (Good neighbor policy), born in New York (d. 1961)
1906 - Hannah Arendt, German-American political theorist and historian (Origins of Totalitarianism), born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1975)
1970 - Pär Zetterberg, Swedish football player
1976 - Henry Mateo, Dominican baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1660 - Thomas Harrison, English Puritan soldier (b. 1606)
1909 - Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer, dies at 76
1923 - Marcellus Emants, Dutch writer and poet (Refrained from Confession), dies at 75
1967 - Marcel Aymé, French novelist and playwright, dies at 65
1980 - S N Banerjee, cricketer (one Test for India), dies
2020 - Herbert Kretzmer, South African-British lyricist of Lithuanian heritage (Les Misérables), dies at 95

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