Today in History for 25th August 2024

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Historical Events

1835 - New York Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel
1960 - XVII Summer Olympic Games open at Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy
1971 - Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party Gerry Fitt presents a number of allegations of brutality by the security forces in Northern Ireland to representatives of the United Nations
1986 - A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run
2001 - Singer Aaliyah and 8 others killed in an air crash in the Bahamas
2022 - California votes to ban the sale of all new gasoline-powered cars by 2035

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Famous Birthdays

1919 - George Wallace, American politician (Gov-D-Ala) and presidential candidate, born in Clio, Alabama (d. 1998)
1936 - Hugh Hudson, English film director (Chariots of Fire), born in London, England (d. 2023)
1946 - Charlie Sanders, American football player (Detroit Lions), born in Richlands, North Carolina (d. 2015)
1955 - Vijayakanth, Tamil actor and politician, born in Thirumangalam, India
1962 - Mazzi Rawd, [Clifford Lewis], American heavy metal guitarist (Femme Fatale), and physicist, born in the USA
1966 - Michael Cohen, American lawyer to Donald Trump, born on Long Island, New York

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Famous Deaths

1282 - Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)
1868 - Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60
1957 - Leo Perutz, Austrian writer and mathematician, dies at 74
1967 - Paul Muni, American actor (Angel on My Shoulder, Juarez), dies after a lengthy illness of heart disease at 71
1972 - Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71
2016 - Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (Miles Davis, John Coltrane), dies at 91

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