Today in History for 17th March 2024

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Historical Events

1190 - Crusades complete massacre of Jews of York England
1924 - Netherlands and USSR begin talks over USSR recognition
1932 - Montreal Canadiens center Howie Morenz registers his 334th career point with an assist in a 10-4 win v NY Americans; passes Cy Denneny as NHL leader for career points
1993 - 19th People's Choice Awards: Kevin Costner and Demi Moore win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen and Candice Bergen win (TV)
2013 - Stacy Lewis wins the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup and becomes the number one ranked woman golfer in the world
2019 - PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins biggest cheque in golf ($2.25m) by 1 stroke from Jim Furyk

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Famous Birthdays

1789 - Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean tragic actor (Shylock), born in London, England (d. 1833)
1888 - Paul Ramadier, French politician (d. 1961)
1901 - Eisaku Satō, Prime Minister of Japan (1963-72) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1974), born in Tabuse, Yamaguchi, Japan (d. 1975)
1918 - Józef Franczak, Polish soldier and anti-communist resistance fighter who was the last cursed soldiers, born in Kozice Górne, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1963)
1953 - Filemon Lagman, Filipino communist revolutionary (d. 2001)
1967 - Chris Luongo, American NHL defenseman (NY Islanders), born in Detroit, Michigan

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Famous Deaths

1989 - Merritt Butrick, American actor (Shy People, Square Pegs), dies of AIDS at 29
1993 - Skip Young, American actor (Smokey and Hotwire Gang, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 62
1996 - Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)
2002 - Paul Runyan, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1934, 38; Ryder Cup 1933, 35), dies at 93
2012 - Pope Shenouda III, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, dies from prostate cancer at 88
2015 - Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), dies at 90

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