Today in History for 11th August 2024

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Historical Events

1940 - German air raid on British ports Portland and Weymouth
1944 - British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy
1950 - King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium
1971 - Harmon Killebrew hits HRs #500 and 501
1985 - Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz
2009 - "Need You Now" album released by Lady Antebellum (Billboard Album of the Year 2010)

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Famous Birthdays

1833 - Robert G. Ingersoll, American writer, orator and agnostic, born in Dresden, New York (d. 1899)
1929 - Cora de Man-Canne Meyer, Dutch mezzo-soprano (Figaro, Carmen), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2020)
1933 - Justin Connolly [D'Arcy-Dawson], British classical and electro-acoustic composer (Diaphony; The Garden of Forking Paths), and educator, born in London, England (d. 2020)
1936 - Jim Thompson, English Bishop of Bath and Wells and "Thought for the Day" contributor, born in Birmingham, England (d. 2003)
1938 - Rainer Boesch, Swiss pianist, composer, improviser, and teacher, born in Männedorf, Switzerland (d. 2014)
1968 - Veda Hille, Canadian experimental pop singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and accordionist, born in Vancouver, British Columbia

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Famous Deaths

1578 - Pedro Nunes [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies
1857 - Marshall Hall, English physician, physiologist and early neurologist (physiology of reflex function), dies of a throat infection at 67
1984 - Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player, dies at 67
1995 - Douglas John Gorman, British businessman (Chairman of CMG (Computer Management Group)), dies at 58
2008 - George Furth, American actor and director (Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings), dies at 75
2023 - Tom Jones, American musical theatre lyricist (The Fantasticks; 110 In the Shade), dies of cancer at 95

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