Today in History for 14th November 2024

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Historical Events

1968 - Yale University announces it is going co-educational
1981 - Paul 'Bear' Bryant ties Amos Alonzo Stagg with 314 football wins
1981 - 2nd NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 2 returns to Earth
2008 - Eurozone officially slips into recession for the first time since its creation in 1999, pushed down by recessions in Germany and Italy
2014 - American harness racing trainer/driver Dave Palone sets the world record for wins when he drive Missy Tap Tina to the winner's circle for his 16,754th career victory
2018 - Attempt to move 720,000 Rohingya back to Myanmar from Bangladesh refugee camps amid international criticism. They refuse to go.

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Famous Birthdays

1875 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general known as the 'boy general' during the Philippine-American War, born in Bulakan, Philippines (d. 1899)
1907 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author (Pippi Longstocking), born in Vimmerby, Sweden (d. 2002)
1924 - Leonid Kogan, Soviet Russian violinist (Lenin Prize, 1952), born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine) (d. 1982)
1927 - Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (Orquesta Nacionale 1947), born in Lorca, Spain (d. 1997)
1948 - Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch lawyer and politician (Senator, 1999-2004; Undersecretary of the Interior (1994-98; House of Representatives, 1981-82. 1986-94), born in Wassenaar, Netherlands
1972 - Josh Duhamel, American actor (Transformers, Life as We Know It), born in Minot, North Dakota

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Famous Deaths

1692 - Christoph Bernhard, German baroque composer, dies at 64
1977 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian guru, founder of International Society for Krishna Consciousness, dies at 81
1981 - Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1941)
1992 - Joop Van Nellen, Dutch soccer forward (27 caps; DHC Delft), dies at 82
1994 - Jake Dengel, American actor (Ragtime, Ironweed), dies at 61
1996 - Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68

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