Today in History for 10th July 2024

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Historical Events

1936 - 112°F (44°C) at Martinsburg, West Virginia (state record)
1956 - 650,000 US steel workers go on strike
1971 - Failed assassination attempt on King Hassan II of Morocco, 101 killed
1990 - Final day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand go down by 114 runs in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston
1994 - Revival of Henrik Ibsen's stage drama "Hedda Gabler", starring Kelly McGillis, opens at Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 33 performances
2001 - Amerada Hess agrees to acquire Triton Energy for $2.7 billion in cash

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Famous Birthdays

1419 - Emperor Go-Hanazono, 102nd Emperor of Japan (d. 1471)
1870 - Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), born in Poissy, France (d. 1953)
1900 - Mitchell Parish [Michael Pashelinsky], Lithuanian-American lyricist ("Stardust"; "It's Wonderful"; "Moonlight Serenade"; "Sweet Lorraine"), born in Lithuania, Russian Empire (d. 1993)
1921 - Harvey Ball, American inventor and designer of popular 'smiley-face' graphic, born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 2001)
1946 - Sue Lyon, American actress (Lolita, Night of the Iguana), born in Davenport, Iowa
1951 - Phyllis Smith, American actress (Phyllis Vance-The Office), born in The Hill, St. Louis, Missouri

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Famous Deaths

1590 - Archduke Charles II of Austria (b. 1540)
1621 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571)
1851 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (daguerreotype), dies at 63
1953 - Sidney Homer, American composer, dies at 88
1973 - Wallace "Bud" Smith, American boxer (World lightweight title 1955-56), dies of gunshot wounds at 49
2005 - Roland Bengtsson, Swedish guitarist, lute player and double bassist, dies at 88

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