Today in History for 30th October 2023

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Historical Events

1270 - The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ended by agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.
1864 - Treaty of Vienna signed to end the Second Schleswig War - Denmark loses control of Schleswig to Prussia, and of Holstein to Austria
1943 - Soviet forces under Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin commenced offensive on the 4th Ukrainian Front
1967 - USSR Kosmos 186 and 188 make 1st automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch
1975 - NY Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead"
1978 - Laura Nickel and Curt Noll find 25th Mersenne prime, 2 ^ 21701-1

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Famous Birthdays

1893 - Charles Atlas [Angelo Siciliano], Italian-American bodybuilder, born in Acri, Cosenza, Italy (d. 1972)
1912 - Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), born in West Ham, Essex (d. 1996)
1928 - Michael Andrews, British painter, born in Norwich, England (d. 1995)
1953 - Kathleen Cody, American actress (Charley and the Angel), born in The Bronx, New York
1954 - Mario Testino, Peruvian-born English fashion photographer, born in Lima, Peru
1969 - Masanori Hikichi, Japanese video game music composer, born in Saitama, Japan

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Famous Deaths

1986 - Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer, dies at 62
1991 - Johan Mekkink, painter, dies
1992 - Joan Mitchell, American painter and printmaker dies of cancer aged 67
1993 - Paul Grégoire, French Canadian Archbishop of Montreal, dies at 82
1998 - Bulldog Turner, American Pro/College Football HOF center (Hardin–Simmons Uni; 7 × First-team All-Pro; 4 x Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears), dies at 79
2020 - Herb Adderley, American Pro Football HOF cornerback (Super Bowl 1967, 68, 71; 5 x Pro Bowl; 4 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys), dies from COVID-19 at 81

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