Today in History for 15th January 2024

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Historical Events

1552 - France signs secret treaty with German Protestants
1927 - Tennessee Supreme Court overturns (on a technicality) John T. Scopes' guilty verdict for teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial”, but the law itself remains in force
1937 - Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends after both forces withdraw
1964 - Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract
1975 - Space Mountain opens at Disney World in Orlando, Florida
1997 - Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with Mir Space Station

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Famous Birthdays

1885 - Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player, born in Sandborn, Illinois (d. 1968)
1888 - Joseph Henabery, American director (Cobra), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1976)
1893 - Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian politician (Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1939-41), born in Niš, Kingdom of Serbia (d. 1969)
1905 - Torin Thatcher, British actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), born in Bombay Presidency, British India (d. 1981)
1964 - Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Finnish composer, born in Suomussalmi, Finland
1974 - Mike Minter, American football safety (Carolina Panthers) and college coach (Campbell University 2013-23), born in Cleveland, Ohio

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Famous Deaths

69 - Galba [Servius Sulpicius Galba], 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched by his successor Otho at 70
1953 - Patrick Vretblad, Swedish composer, dies at 76
1969 - Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82
1981 - Emanuel Celler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 92
1989 - Wilf Slack, English cricketer, dies while playing cricket in Gambia at 34
2001 - Bob Braun, American TV and radio personality (Dotty Mack Show), dies at 71

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