Today in History for 7th November 2023

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Historical Events

1722 - Richard Steele's sentimental comedy play "The Conscious Lovers" premieres in London
1946 - Katherine Dunham's song and dance revue "Bal Nègre" opens at Belasco Theater, NYC; runs for 54 performances
1955 - Supreme Court of Baltimore bans segregation in public recreational areas
1960 - KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcasting
1963 - Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
2020 - Rudy Giuliani holds infamous Trump Campaign press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia to contest the US election results

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Famous Birthdays

1810 - Fritz Reuter, German novelist, born in Stavenhagen, Germany (d. 1874)
1879 - Leon Trotsky, Ukrainian-Russian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist and founder of the Red Army [OS 26-10-1879], born in Yanovka, Ukraine, Russian Empire (d. 1940)
1898 - Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician, born in Saloniki, Ottoman Empire (d. 1963)
1900 - Efrem Kurtz, Russian conductor (Houston Symphony, 1948-54), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1995)
1943 - Stephen Greenblatt, American literary historian and author (The Swerve: How the World Became Modern), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1968 - Russ Springer, American MLB pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies), born in Alexandria, Louisiana

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Famous Deaths

1708 - Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter and cartoonist, dies at 76
1880 - Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, German composer, conductor, and music theorist, dies at 72
1945 - Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies
1974 - Eric Linklater, British novelist and poet (Blue Swallows), dies at 75
1996 - Carmell Jones, American bebop jazz and session trumpet player (Bud Shank; Horace Silver), dies of heart failure at 60
2018 - Oskar Rabin, Russian painter and dissident during Soviet era, dies at 90

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