CoM Moderators Posted June 13 Posted June 13 Historical Events 1922 - Longest recorded attack of hiccups begins when Charles Osborne gets the hiccups and continues for 68 years; he dies 11 months after they stop 1947 - First night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3) 1979 - Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota 2001 - TNN/CMT Country Weekly Music Awards: George Strait, Faith Hill, and Alan Jackson win 2018 - FIFA Congress votes to award 2026 World Cup to joint bid by US, Canada and Mexico More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1827 - Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1882) 1966 - Thyme Lewis, American actor (Jonah Carver in "Days of Our Lives"), born in San Francisco, California 1973 - Kasia Kowalska, Polish pop rock singer ("A to co mam"; "Nobody"), born in Sulejówek, Poland 1987 - Charlotte Wells, Scottish director (Aftersun), born in Edinburgh, Scotland 1992 - Violet Chachki [Paul Jason Dardo], American drag queen, dancer, model and TV personality (RuPaul's Drag Race season 7 winner), born in Atlanta, Georgia More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1036 - Ali az-Zahir, 7th Caliph of the Fātimids (1021-36), dies at 30 1881 - Joseph Škoda, Bohemian physician, dies at 75 1920 - Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at the Versailles Peace Conference 1952 - Max Pulver, writer, dies 1973 - Alvin Derold Etler, American oboist, and composer, dies at 60 More Famous Deaths »
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