Today in History for 21st August 2024

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Historical Events

1878 - American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY
1948 - Cleveland Indians 47-inning scoreless streak is broken as future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Lemon yields a home run to Aaron Robinson in a 3-2 loss to Chicago White Sox
1975 - 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway
1986 - Surinames Ronnie Brunswijks Jungle commandos kill 2 government officials
1998 - Marvel superhero film "Blade" starring Wesley Snipes is released
2023 - Saudi border guards accused of killing hundreds of migrants, shooting them as they tried to cross into the country from Yemen in report by Human Rights Watch

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Famous Birthdays

1905 - Stan Worthington, English cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128, 8 wickets, BB 2/19; Derbyshire CCC, Northumberland CCC), born in Bolsover, England (d. 1973)
1920 - Christopher R. Milne, son of Alan A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh), born in Chelsea, London (d. 1996)
1930 - Alan Ashcroft, English rugby union number 8 (16 caps England, 2 caps British and Irish Lions; Waterloo FC), born in St. Helens, England (d. 2021)
1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, American College / Basketball HOF center (4 x NBA MVP; 13 x All Star; NBA C'ship 1967, 72 [MVP]; Philadelphia/SF Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, LA Lakers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
1970 - Steve Everitt, American NFL center (Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles), born in Miami, Florida
1988 - Robert Lewandowski, Polish football player (Bayern Munich, Polish national team), born in Warsaw, Poland

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Famous Deaths

1689 - William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier
1943 - Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86
1957 - Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer, dies at 68
1974 - Buford Pusser, American sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, dies in a single vehicle car crash at 36
1992 - Dai Vernon [David Frederick Wingfield Verner], Canadian magician, dies at 98
2017 - Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director (Ki Je Kori, Chandranath), dies at 75

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