Today in History for 7th February 2024

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Historical Events

1653 - Nicolas Fouquet appointed France's Superintendent of Finances
1908 - Philadelphia Athletics' manager and owner Connie Mack sells future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000
1934 - 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Mississippi
1950 - Georges Bidault forms French government
1969 - Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
2021 - Super Bowl LV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominate defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9; MVP: Tom Brady, TB Bucs, QB; Brady's record 7th SB win

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Famous Birthdays

1825 - Cristóbal Oudrid, Spanish pianist, conductor, and orchestral and zarzuela composer (Rondeña; El molinero de Subiza), born in Badajoz, Spain (d. 1877)
1878 - Ossip Gabrilovich, Russian-American pianist, conductor (Detroit Symphony, 1918-36), and composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1936)
1923 - Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006)
1958 - Michele Drake, playmate (May, 1979), born in La Jolla, California
1978 - Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Nigerian Nollywood actress, born in Lagos
1979 - Daniel Bierofka, German football player and coach, born in Munich, West Germany

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Famous Deaths

1820 - Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer, dies at 57
1964 - Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 59
1990 - Nathan Wartels, American publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia
2020 - Steve Weber, American psychedelic folk guitarist, (The Holy Modal Rounders - "Bird Song"; "You've Got the Right String but the Wrong Yo-Yo"),dies at 76
2020 - Li Wenliang, Chinese doctor who tried to raise the alarm over COVID-19, dies of COVID-19 in Wuhan at 34
2021 - Elliot Mazer, American audio engineer and record producer (Chubby Checker; Neil Young), dies of a heart attack at 71

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