CoM Moderators Posted October 24 Posted October 24 Historical Events 1899 - Battle of Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs. British army 1913 - Joe Tinker fired as Cincinnati Reds manager 1956 - Margaret Towner becomes the first woman to be ordained into the Presbyterian Church in the US (PCUSA) 1976 - First Toronto International Film Festival opens 2021 - COVID-19 cases in Eastern Europe surpass 20 million, with Russia, Ukraine, and Romania among the top five countries reporting deaths globally More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1939 - Uri Sharvit, Israeli composer, born in Jerusalem 1954 - Perry Lee "Tiny" Tavares, American rocker, born in Providence, Rhode Island 1960 - Wolfgang Güllich, German rock climber, born in Ludwigshafen, West Germany (d. 1992) 1962 - Jay Novacek, American NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys), born in Martin, South Dakota 1984 - Kaela Kimura, Japanese model and singer (Rirura Riruha), born in Adachi, Tokyo More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1869 - Joseph Jackson Lister, British optician who perfected the optical microscope by designing the achromatic objective lens, dies at 83 1952 - Frederick Jacobi, American composer, dies at 61 1994 - Alexandr Nikolaievich Shelepin, dir of KGB (1958-61), dies 2008 - Ankie Peypers, Dutch author and poet, dies at 80 2020 - Kevin McCarra, Scottish sports journalist (The Guardian, Scotland on Sunday, The Times), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 62 More Famous Deaths »
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