CoM Moderators Posted April 24 Posted April 24 Historical Events 1877 - Last federal occupying troops withdraw from the South (New Orleans) 1967 - 21st NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers beat SF Warriors, 4 games to 2 1981 - US ends grain embargo against USSR 1982 - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin 1996 - "Jack-Night on Town with John Barrymore" opens at Belasco for 12 performances More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1804 - Thomas Oliver Selfridge, American naval officer who served during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1902) 1897 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, 45th President of Mexico (1940-46), born in Teziutlán, Puebla, Mexico (d. 1955) 1942 - Valeri Abramovich Voloshin, Russian pilot cosmonaut, born in Yangiyul, Tashkent 1950 - Rob Hyman, American rock singer-songwriter, keyboardist, melodica and accordion player (The Hooters - "All You Zombies"; "And We Danced"), born in Meriden, Connecticut 1963 - Mano Solo [Emmanuel Cabut], French singer, born in Châlons-sur-Marne, France (d. 2010) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1617 - Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered 1941 - Karin Boye, Swedish writer (Kallocain) commits suicide at 40 1947 - Willa Cather, American Pulitzer-Prize winning author (One of Ours; My Ántonia), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage while battling cancer at 73 1955 - Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer and theater critic (Yes and No!), dies at 79 1965 - Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86 More Famous Deaths »
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