Today in History for 25th October 2023

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Historical Events

1953 - Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles
1962 - American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
1968 - American swimmer Claudia Kolb wraps up the women's individual medley double in Mexico City, winning the 400m I/M in Olympic record 5:08.5; she also won the 200m I/M in OR 2:24.7
1984 - King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels
1985 - Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract
1987 - Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins beat St Louis Cardinals, 4-2 at HHH Metrodome for 4-3 series win and franchise first in Minneapolis; MVP: Twins pitcher Frank Viola

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Famous Birthdays

1877 - Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram), born in Oyster Bay, New York (d. 1957)
1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter (The Three Dancers, Guernica) and sculptor who co-founded the Cubist movement, born in Malaga, Andalusia, Spain (d. 1973)
1898 - Sidney James van den Bergh, Dutch businessman and politician, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977)
1951 - Richard Lloyd, American guitarist (Television), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1960 - Hong Sang-soo, South Korean filmmaker (Right Now, Wrong Then), born in Seoul
1979 - Milena Roucka, Canadian model and professional wrestler, born in Vancouver, British Columbia

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Famous Deaths

1907 - Edmund Hart Turpin, English composer, dies at 72
1921 - Bat Masterson, American gunfighter in the Wild West, dies of a heart attack at 67
1939 - Cornelis JK van Aalst, president Dutch Business Society, dies at 73
1954 - Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella), dies at 79
1984 - Pascale Ogier, actress (Ghost Dance), dies of a heart attack at 24
1988 - Johnnie Richardson, American RandB musician (Johnnie and Joe), dies at 53

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1980 - Barbra Streisand's album "Guilty" as well as the first single from the album, "Woman In Love" both hit the number one spot on Billboard's Hot 200 Albums Chart and Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart, respectively.  "Guilty" would accomplish this in its third week of release. 

"Guilty" would stay at the top for 3 consecutive weeks, and stay on the Hot 200 Albums Chart for a total of 49 weeks. The album would spin-off 4 singles : "Woman In Love" (#1), "Guilty" (#3), "What Kind of Fool" (#10), and "Promises" (#48). Within one month of it's topping the chart, the album would be a Gold seller (500,000 units sold).  By the end of the decade, it would be certified 5x Platinum (5 million copies sold) and become one of her best-selling albums of all time. It would also be nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year (losing out to 'Christopher Cross') as well as other nominations.

"Woman In Love" would stay at the top for 3 consecutive weeks, and stay on the Hot 100 Singles Chart for 24 weeks. It would sell Gold (1 million units) within one month of topping the chart, and go on to be certified Platinum (2 million units sold). It would be Streisand's last #1 single.  It was nominated for a "Record of the Year" Grammy, losing out to "Sailing" by Christopher Cross.