Today in History for 1st November 2023

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Historical Events

1665 - Robert Hooke's landmark work "Micrographia" with drawings using a microscope and coining the word "cell" is published by the Royal Society
1914 - German-British naval battle at Coronel, Chile
1951 - Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella wins first of his 3 National League MVP awards
1956 - Indian state of Madhya Pradesh is formed
1956 - Karnataka (then known as Mysore State) is formed from the merge of Kannada-speaking regions in India
1971 - Eisenhower dollar put into circulation

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Famous Birthdays

1946 - Dennis Muren, American special effects artist (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi), born in Glendale, California
1972 - Glen Murray, Canadian ice hockey right wing (1,009 NHL games; All Star 2003-04; Boston Bruins), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
1972 - Toni Collette, Australian actress (The Sixth Sense), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1972 - Paul Dickov, Scottish soccer striker and manager (10 caps; Manchester City, Leicester City), born in Livingston, West Lothian
1974 - V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricket batsman (134 Tests; 8,781 runs @ 45.5; best 281, 2001), born in Hyderabad, Telangana
1992 - Joe Donovan, British pop-indie-rock drummer (Blossoms), born in Stockport, England

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Famous Deaths

1986 - Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (Anerca), dies at 57
1996 - J. R. [Junius Richard] Jayawardene, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (1978-89) and 7th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1977-78), dies at 90
2000 - George Armstrong, English soccer winger and manager (Arsenal 500 games; Kuwait 1988-89), dies of a brain haemorrhage at 56
2008 - Jacques Piccard, Swiss deep sea explorer (one of the first to explore the Mariana Trench), dies at 86
2020 - Billy Tubbs, American college basketball coach (Southwestern Uni, Lamar Uni, Uni of Oklahoma, Texas Christian Uni), dies from leukemia at 85
2022 - Takeoff [Kirsnick Ball], American rapper (Migos), shot and killed at 28

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