Today in History for 16th June 2024

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Historical Events

1953 - Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, NY Yankees lose ending an 18 game winning streak and also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
1954 - Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months
1969 - US Supreme Court rules suspension of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr from House of Representatives violated Article I of the Constitution by citing reasons beyond the exclusive list of qualifications in the article
1989 - Only 17 holes-in-one recorded since US open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price)
1989 - Funeral for Imre Nagy, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956
2013 - 20 people are killed by a series of car bombings across Iraq

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Famous Birthdays

1941 - Dino Ciani, Italian pianist, born in Fiume, Italy (d. 1974)
1942 - Alan "Howling Laud" Hope, British politician and leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party (OMRLP), born in Mytchett, Surrey
1958 - Jóhannes Helgason, Icelandic guitarist (Þeyr), born in Reykjavík, Iceland
1977 - Kerry Wood, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), born in Irving, Texas
1981 - Miguel Villalta, Peruvian soccer defender (28 caps; Sporting Cristal CS 233 games, CS Cienciano), born in Cusco, Peru
1986 - Farhad Reza, Bangladeshi cricket all-rounder (34 ODIs, 1 x 50, 22 wickets; Dhaka Warriors), born in Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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Famous Deaths

1925 - Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer, politician and activist (founded Swaraj Party), dies at 55
1944 - Marc Bloch, French historian and member of the French resistance, executed by firing squad by the Gestapo at 57
1947 - Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian Egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86
2003 - Georg Henrik von Wright, Finnish-Swedish philosopher (b. 1916)
2004 - Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai politician and general (1971 coup Prime Minister of Thailand 1958-73), dies at 92
2010 - Maureen Forrester, Canadian operatic contralto (Resurrection Symphony), dies at 79

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