Today in History for 29th October 2023

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Historical Events

1910 - Hamilton running back / kicker Ben Simpson lands CFL record 11 singles in Tigers 14-7 win over Montreal at Montreal AAA Grounds
1950 - British Chancellor of the Exchequer (Minister of Finance) Stafford Cripps resigns
1958 - Dr F Mason Sones is first doctor to perform a coronary angiogram
1967 - Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado's hippie musical "Hair" opens off-Broadway at the Public Theatre, NYC, for a limited 6-week run
1974 - Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application
1997 - Iraq's Revolution Command Council announces that it will no longer allow US citizens and US aircraft to serve with UN arms inspection teams

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Famous Birthdays

1917 - Henry Carlsson, Swedish soccer (Olympic gold 1948), born in Falköping, Västra Götalands län, Sweden (d. 1999)
1923 - Dietrich Manicke, German composer, born in Wurzen, Saxony, Germany (d. 2013)
1951 - Guy Gelso, American rock drummer (Zebra), born in Oakland, California
1973 - Adam Bacher, South African cricket batsman (19 Tests; 13 ODIs), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1980 - B.J. Sams, American NFL player, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1990 - Kritidi Kharbanda, Indian actress (Googly), born in New Delhi, India

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Famous Deaths

1856 - Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial director, dies at 68
1968 - Marius Ulfrstad, Norwegian composer, dies at 78
1981 - William O. Walker, American publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85
1994 - Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer (Picture Page; Dressing Up), dies at 84
2010 - George Hickenlooper, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 47
2020 - Slaven Zambata, Croatian soccer forward (31 caps Yugoslavia; Dinamo Zagreb), dies at 80

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