CoM Moderators Posted October 24, 2023 Posted October 24, 2023 1902 - Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts, killing 6,000 people and becoming one of the three largest eruptions of the 20th century 1924 - Nobel prize for physiology or medicine awarded to Dutchman Willem Einthoven "for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram" 1940 - Adolf Hitler meets the Head of the French State Marshal Philippe Pétain 1944 - US Captain David Mccampbell shoots down 9-11 Japanese planes in Gulf of Leyte 1948 - WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1956 - AP names Cin manager Birdie Tebbets as NL Manager of the Year 1980 - Polish government legalizes independent labor union Solidarity 1997 - Marv Albert sentenced in assault case 1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 on comet and asteroid mission 2017 - Dog doping scandal confirmed by officials of Iditarod, Alaskan dog sled race after dogs test positive for a banned substance More Historical Events »
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