Today in History for 4th November 2023

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Historical Events

1862 - American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand cranked Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis
1921 - The Sturmabteilung or SA (the "Brown Shirts") is formally established by Adolf Hitler
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1989 - Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon
2014 - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko orders army reinforcements to key southern and eastern cities to combat potential rebel offensive
2016 - Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Oscar Performance, Tamarkuz, New Money Honey, Beholder

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Famous Birthdays

1909 - Bert Patenaude, American soccer forward (4 caps; scorer of first hat-trick in World Cup history, 1930), born in Fall River, Massachusetts (d. 1974)
1917 - Leonardo Cimino, Italian-American actor (The Monster Squad, V, Dune, Waterworld, Hudson Hawk), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2012)
1943 - Clark Graebner, American tennis player (US Davis Cup 1968; French Open doubles 1966; US Open runner-up 1967), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1957 - Elena Kats-Chernin, Russian-Australian classical pianist and composer (Wild Swans), born in Tashkent, USSR (now Uzbekistan)
1967 - Asif Mujtaba, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani lefty batsman), born in Karachi, Pakistan
1987 - T.O.P. [Choi Seung-hyun], Korean singer-songwriter (Big Bang) and actor, born in Seoul, South Korea

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Famous Deaths

1921 - Takasji Hara, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1918-21), assassinated by right wing fanatic at 65
1935 - Miklos Radnai, Hungarian composer, dies at 43
1993 - Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive), dies at 62
1994 - Alexander Hardie Williamson, British designer (Kilner jar), dies at 87
2005 - Milt Holland [Milton Olshansky], American drummer, percussionist, ethno-musicologist, and tinkle-ist (film Tinkerbell's tinkle; Bewitched - Samantha's nose tinkle), dies at 88
2022 - Michael Doyle, Irish-American priest (Pastor of Sacred Heart - Camden, 1974-2020), poet. and anti-war activist (Camden 28), dies at 88

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