Today in History for 12th August 2024

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Historical Events

1553 - Pope Julius III orders confiscation and burning of Jewish Talmud
1973 - WPBA National Championship won by Betty Morris
1979 - "Whoopee!" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 204 performances
1980 - Signature of the Montevideo Treaty establishing the Latin American Integration Association.
2021 - US Census reveal country grown more diverse, growth in Hispanic (+23%) and Asian (+36%) populations, 1st ever decline in white population (-2.6%)
2022 - British author Salman Rushdie attacked and repeatedly stabbed on stage prior to giving a lecture at Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York

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Famous Birthdays

1751 - Johann Baptist Lasser, German composer, born in Steinkirchen, Electorate of Bavaria (d. 1805)
1915 - Alex Wojciechowicz, American College/Pro Football HOF center, linebacker (Fordham Uni; NFL C'ship 1948, 49; First-team All-Pro 1939, 44; NFL 1940s All-Decade Team; Detroit Lions, Philadelphia Eagles), born in South River, New Jersey (d. 1992)
1915 - Michael Kidd, American choreographer and dancer, born in New York City (d. 2007)
1977 - Iva Majoli, Croatian tennis player (1996 Pan Pacific), born in Zagreb, Croatia
1983 - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
1999 - Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch football player (Bayern Munich, Netherlands), born in Leiderdorp, Netherlands

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Famous Deaths

1546 - Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theologian and lawyer, dies
1689 - Innocent XI [Benedetto Odescalchi], Italian, Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
1864 - Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811)
1943 - Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76
1973 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist and Nobel Laureate (polymers), dies at 74
2021 - Una Stubbs, English actress (Till Death Us Do Part; Sherlock - "Mrs. Hudson"), dies at 84

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