Today in History for 15th February 2024

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Historical Events

1686 - Jean Baptiste Lully's opera "Armide" premieres in Paris
1950 - WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba" premieres in NYC
1954 - WRDW TV channel 12 in Augusta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1978 - England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Geoffrey Boycott captain)
1979 - 21st Grammy Awards: Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are"; A Taste of Honey win
1989 - Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends as the last Soviet troops cross the Soviet-Afghan border

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Famous Birthdays

1739 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
1931 - [Patricia] Claire Bloom, British actress (Charly, Look Back in Anger), born in London, England
1931 - W K Reid, British ombudsman
1937 - Terry Everett, American politician (Rep-R-Alabama 1993-2009), born in Dothan, Alabama
1939 - Robert Hansen, American serial killer
1979 - Adam Granduciel [Granofsky], American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer (The War on Drugs - "Thinking Of A Place"; "Holding On": The Violators, 2003-11), born in Dover, Massachusetts

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Famous Deaths

1923 - Josephine Beall Bruce, African-American activist (NACW), dies at 69
1932 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (Henrik Ibsen's plays), dies at 66
1961 - Dudley Richards, American figure skater (U.S. Pairs champion, 1961), dies in a plane crash at 29
2005 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter, dies of lung cancer at 60
2021 - Vincent Jackson, American NFL wide receiver (Pro Bowl 2009, 11, 12; SD Chargers, TB Buccaneers), dies at 38
2023 - Raquel Welch (née Tejada), American stage and screen (Myra Breckenridge; One Million Years B.C.; 100 Rifles), and nightclub singer, dies at 82

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