Today in History for 13th July 2024

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Historical Events

1854 - US forces shell and burn San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua
1896 - Philadelphia outfielder Ed Delahanty becomes second major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game as Phillies lose 9-8 to Chicago Colts at the West Side Grounds, Chicago
1911 - Great Britain and Japan renew their alliance of 1902 for another four years; the reason Japan joins WWI on the Allies side
1955 - Beaux Arts Trio (Menahem Pressler, piano; Daniel Guilet, violin; Bernard Greenhouse, cello) makes their debut at the Berkshire Music Festival (now Tanglewood Music Center), Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
1960 - US Democratic convention nominates JFK as presidential candidate
1984 - British guitarist Jeff Beck quits singer Rod Stewart's tour after 7 shows

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Famous Birthdays

1826 - Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist (Reaction of Cannizzaro), born in Palermo, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (d. 1910)
1922 - Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
1932 - Per Nørgård, Danish composer (Papalagi; Babette's Feast), born in Gentofte, Denmark
1948 - Ronald Machtley, American politician (Rep-R-Rhode Island), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1954 - Ray "Candles" Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer (1977-86)
1956 - Janet Yang, American film producer (The Joy Luck Club) and 1st Asian American President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, born in New York City

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Famous Deaths

1889 - Carli Zoeller, German composer, dies at 49
1936 - Izydor Lotto, composer, dies at 91
1997 - Alexandra Danilova, Russian-American ballerina (The Turning Point), dies at 92
1997 - Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
2013 - Laurie Ann Frink, American big band jazz trumpeter and educator, dies of cancer at 61
2015 - Gerhard Zwerenz, German writer and politician, dies at 90

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