Today in History for 16th October 2023

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Historical Events

1903 - Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia
1908 - Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as Esquimoux
1957 - USAF sends 2 aluminium bullets into space
1986 - Joe Raposa's musical "Raggedy Ann: The Musical Adventure", starring Ivy Austin, opens at Nederlander Theater, NYC; runs for 5 performances
1995 - Brian Lara scores 169 in Sharjah ODI versus Sri Lanka
2013 - 21 people are killed after a minibus hits a land mine in Nawa, Syria

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Famous Birthdays

1888 - Paul Popenoe, American activist (d. 1979)
1945 - Roger Hawkins, American session drummer (the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section - Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin), born in Mishawaka, Indiana (d. 2021)
1949 - André Leon Talley, American fashion expert, former Vogue editor, born in Washington, D.C.
1956 - James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut (STS 51, 69)
1960 - Val Skinner, American golfer (6 LPGA Tour wins), born in Hamilton, Montana
1991 - Joshua Crumbly, American jazz bassist, born in Westlake Village, California

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Famous Deaths

1822 - Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, dies at 98
1946 - Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi General of Labor, hanged at 51
1946 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi politician (Austrian Chancellor, 1938), and war criminal responsible for deportation of Dutch Jews, hanged at 54
1946 - Hans Frank, German Nazi Governor General of Occupied Poland, hanged by Allied forces after the Nuremberg war trials at 46
1973 - Gene Krupa, American jazz and swing drummer ("Sing, Sing, Sing"), dies of heart failure while battling leukemia and emphysema at 64
2004 - Pierre Salinger, American newsman (ABC) and press secretary (John F. Kennedy), dies at 79

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