Today in History for 22nd August 2024

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Historical Events

1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one of the first Jewish colonists
1912 - England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament
1914 - Canada's Finance Act, 1914, receives assent
1932 - BBC begins experimental regular television broadcasts
1950 - Rotterdam dock strike ends
1960 - Gil Hodges set NL right handed HR record with #352

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Famous Birthdays

1848 - Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (Founder of Chicago Daily News), born in Hudson, Illinois (d. 1929)
1920 - Pierre A. Lauffer, Antillian poet (Patria), born in Curacao, Venezuela (d. 1981)
1945 - Ron Dante, American rock vocalist (Archies - "Sugar, Sugar"), and producer (Barry Manilow), born in Staten Island, New York
1956 - Paul Molitor, American Baseball HOF infielder (7 x MLB All-Star Milwaukee Brewers; World Series MVP 1993 Toronto Blue Jays) and manager (Minnesota Twins 2015-18), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1966 - GZA [Gary Grice], American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan), born in Brooklyn, New York
1975 - Robert Enes, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics 1996)

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Famous Deaths

1914 - Léon Amédée François Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WWI), dies during Battle of Rossignol at 58
1929 - Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey during WWI, dies at 74
1985 - Paul Peter Ewald, German Crystallographer and Physicist who devised the theory of X-ray interference by crystals and pioneered X-ray diffraction methods, dies at 97
2009 - Beryl Sprinkel, American economist (Council of Economic Advisers), dies at 85
2009 - Elmer Kelton, American Western novelist (b. 1926)
2011 - Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (Leiber and Stoller - "Hound Dog"; "Jailhouse Rock"; "Is That All There Is?"), dies at 78

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