Today in History for 21st March 2024

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Historical Events

1702 - Queen Anne addresses English parliament
1860 - English novelist George Eliot finishes her novel "The Mill on the Floss" in Wandsworth, London
1871 - 33rd Grand National: Irish 1868 winner The Lamb claims second GN at 11/2; ridden by Tommy Pickernell
1963 - Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay is closed
1985 - Canadian Rick Hansen sets off on his 'Man in Motion' world tour in his wheelchair raising money for spinal research, from Oakridge Mall, Vancouver (successfully completes May 1987)
2019 - Bangladeshi woman with two uteruses safely gives birth to twins 26 days after giving birth to another child

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Famous Birthdays

1880 - Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (Search for the Real), born in Weißenburg, Germany (d. 1966)
1911 - John Paxton, American screenwriter and producer (On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1985)
1913 - Ghita Ionescu, Romanian politician scientist (Communism in Romania), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1996)
1939 - Kathleen Widdoes, actress (Without a Trace), born in Wilmington, Delaware
1944 - Marie-Christine Barrault, actress (Stardust Memories), born in Paris, France
1969 - Ali Daei, Iranian footballer

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Famous Deaths

1768 - Jan Jacob Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
1844 - Leopold van Sasse van Ysselt, Dutch nobleman and politician, dies at 65
1920 - Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer and journalist (Torre, Tre Croci), dies from pneumonia at 37
1945 - Arthur Nebe, German SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator who took part in assassination plot against of Adolf Hitler, executed by hanging at 50
1970 - Marlen Haushofer, Austrian writer (The Wall), dies at 49
2001 - Chung Ju-yung, Korean industrialist (b. 1915)

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