Today in History for 9th November 2023

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Historical Events

1313 - Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf
1905 - Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages
1936 - American fashion designer Ruth Harkness captures a panda cub (Su Lin) in China - becomes 1st live panda cub to enter the US
1971 - David Storey's "Changing Room" premieres in London
2005 - The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
2015 - "Reclining Nude" by Italian artist Modigliani fetches 2nd highest auction price at $170.4m

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Famous Birthdays

1802 - Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher and abolitionist, born in Albion, Maine (d. 1837)
1880 - Rudolf Karel, Czech composer (Three Hairs of the Wise Old Man), born in Pilseň, Czech Republic (d. 1945)
1922 - Raymond Devos, Belgian-French humorist, born in Mouscron, Belgium (d. 2006)
1941 - Tom Fogerty, American rocker (Creedence Clearwater Revival), born in Berkeley, California (d. 1990)
1955 - Don Schiff, American guitarist, born in Wilmington, Delaware
1956 - Eve de Castro-Robinson, New Zealand classical composer (Other Echoes; A Chaos Of Delight), music director (Karlheinz Company), and educator (University of Auckland), born in London, England

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Famous Deaths

1208 - Sancha of Castile, wife of Alfonso II of Aragon (b. 1155)
1924 - Henry Cabot Lodge, American Senator (b. 1850)
1976 - Billy Halop [William Halop Cohen], American actor (Angels with Dirty Faces, All in the Family), dies of a heart attack at 56
2003 - Binod Bihari Verma, Indian Maithili literateur (b.1937)
2006 - Ed Bradley, American journalist and CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), dies of complications from lymphocytic leukemia at 65
2018 - Ken Howell, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 57

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