Today in History for 24th October 2023

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Historical Events

1931 - Gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion
1944 - US aircraft carrier Princeton sinks at Philippines
1963 - Sandy Koufax is unanimous winner of Cy Young Award
1971 - Harry Drake sets longest arrow flight by a footbow (1 mile 268 yds)
1980 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2004 - 10 people including NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick and 4 family members are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; plane owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports

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Famous Birthdays

1863 - Manuel Manrique de Lara, Spanish composer (The Oresteia), born in Cartagena, Murcia (d. 1929)
1886 - Delmira Agustini, Uruguayan poet (El Libro Blanco), born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1914)
1887 - Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), born in Paris, France (d. 1917)
1904 - Moss Hart, American playwright (You Can't Take it With You, Act 1), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1961)
1954 - Malcolm Turnbull, Australian politician, Prime Minister (2015-18), born in Sydney, Australia
1988 - Joshua Shalikar, American actor (Honey I Blew Up the Kid), born in East Brunswick, New Jersey

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Famous Deaths

1949 - Joaquín Nin, Cuban composer and pianist, father of Anaïs Nin, dies at 70
1966 - Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1896)
1993 - Tonino Nardi, Italian cinematographer (Porte Manifest), dies at 54
1998 - Mary Calderone, American physician and founder (planned parenthood), dies at 94
2003 - Ross Taylor [Robert Murray Taylor], Scottish transplant surgeon who pioneered kidney transplantations in the U.K., dies from cancer of the stomach at 70
2016 - Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay (2000-2005), dies at 88

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