Today in History for 4th January 2024

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Historical Events

274 - St Eutychian begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1781 - Andre Méchain discovers M80 (globular cluster in Scorpio)
1934 - 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange" premieres
1948 - Burma declares independence from UK
1969 - France begins arms embargo against Israel
1981 - Revival of Leigh, Charlap, Styne, Comden and Green's musical "Peter Pan", starring Sandy Duncan, closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 578 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1878 - Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961)
1910 - Arthur Villeneuve, Quebec painter (d. 1990)
1932 - Carlos Saura, Spanish director
1933 - Ed Jenkins, American politician (Rep-D-GA, 1977-93), born in Young Harris, Georgia (d. 2012)
1973 - Harmony Korine, American film director and artist, born in Bolinas, California
1982 - Paulo Ferrari, Argentinian soccer defender (Rosario Central, River Plate) and manager (Rosario Central, San Martín SJ) , born in Rosario, Argentina

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Famous Deaths

1966 - Marcel Tabuteau, French-American oboist (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1915-54), dies at 78
1991 - Leo Wright, American jazz saxophone and flute player (Dizzy Gillespie; "Blues Shout"; "I Left My Heart In San Francisco"), dies of a heart attack at 57
2003 - Yfrah Neaman, Israeli-British concert violinist, and pedagogue, dies of cancer at 79
2004 - Joan Aiken, English writer of children's books (The Whispering Mountain), dies at 79
2012 - Gatewood Galbraith [Louis], lawyer, American political activist, iconic Kentucky political figure, dies from pneumonia at 64
2022 - Joan Copeland, American film and TV soap actress ("Roseland"; "Search for Tomorrow"), dies at 99

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