Today in History for 6th November 2024

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Historical Events

1869 - 1st US college football game, players used their hands or feet, Rutgers 6 Princeton 4
1919 - 1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" is broadcast
1962 - Edward W. Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts
1981 - Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 - Rev Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern
2009 - President Barack Obama signs congressional resolution conferring honorary U.S. citizenship to Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski

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Famous Birthdays

1661 - Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg King of Spain (reigns 1665-1700), born in Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain (d. 1700)
1822 - Gordon Granger, American Major General during the Civil War (Union Army), born in Wayne County, New York (d. 1876)
1936 - K. Schippers [Gerard Stigter], Dutch author (Een klok en profil), born in Amsterdam
1937 - Edwin Roxburgh, English composer and conductor, born in Liverpool, England
1946 - Fred Penner, Canadian children's entertainer, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1972 - Garry Flitcroft, English soccer midfielder, manager (Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers), born in Bolton, Lancashire

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Famous Deaths

1492 - Antoine Busnois, French composer known for his chansons, dies at about 62
1597 - Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain [Catalina Micaela de Austria], Duchess consort of Savoy (1585-97), dies at 30
1912 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba), conductor and ethnomusicologist, dies at 70
1986 - Lili Kraus, Czech-Hungarian-British concert pianist and educator, dies at 81
1989 - Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (Detective Story), dies of cancer at 40
2021 - Shawn Rhoden, Jamaican bodybuilder (Mr. Olympia 2018; IFBB British Grand Prix 2012), dies from a heart attack at 46

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