Today in History for 16th March 2024

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Historical Events

1731 - Treaty of Vienna signed by Prince Eugene of Savoy, Count Sinzendorf and Count Gundacker, Thomas Stahremberg and the British envoy to Vienna, Sir Thomas Robinson.
1948 - Jazz musician Billie Holiday is released early from Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia due to good behavior
1949 - KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1991 - Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi
2014 - 55th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Florida beats Kentucky, 61-60
2020 - COVID-19 study by London Imperial College showing migration approach could lead to 250,00 deaths in UK, over 1 million in US, prompts strategy changes from both countries

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Famous Birthdays

1902 - Lucie Rie, Austrian-born British potter, born in Vienna (d. 1995)
1922 - Harding Lemay, American writer (head writer for soap "Another World"), born in North Bangor, New York (d. 2018)
1940 - Keith Rowe, English improvisational tabletop guitarist (AMM; M.I.M.E.O.) and painter, born in Plymouth, England
1942 - Jerry Jeff Walker [Ronald Clyde Crosby], American country music singer and songwriter ("Mr. Bojangles"), born in Oneonta, New York (d. 2020)
1951 - Ritchie Teeter, American drummer (The Dictators, 1976-79; Twisted Sister, 1980-81), born in the USA (d. 2012)
1968 - Ananya Khare, Indian actress and teacher

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Famous Deaths

1629 - Emilia van Nassau, daughter of William I of Orange and Anna of Saxony, dies at 59
1841 - Félix Savart, French surgeon and physicist (Law of Biot and Savart), dies at 49
1975 - Richard W. DeKorte, American politician (b. 1936)
1984 - John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947)
2001 - Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
2004 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor (BBC Concert Orchestra, 1956-66), opera director and educator (Guildhall School of Music and Drama, 1966-92), and composer, dies at 93

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