Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Today In History From JJD

Historical Events

1879 - 7th Preakness: L Hughes aboard Harold wins in 2:40.5
1905 - 39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08
1944 - Enver Hoxha becomes head of Albania anti fascists
1968 - American boxer Bob Foster defeats holder Dick Tiger for the world light-heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Gardens, New York (goes on to defend title 14x)
1989 - "Indiana Jones and Last Crusade", directed by Stephen Spielberg and produced by George Lucas premieres
2013 - Rafael Correa is sworn into a third term as President of Ecuador

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Famous Birthdays

1781 - Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer/horn player
1870 - Jan Christiaan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa and proponent of Commonwealth and League of Nations (d. 1950)
1918 - Coleman Young, 1st African American Mayor of Detroit, Tuscaloosa Alabama
1934 - Barry Rose, English choir-trainer and organist
1947 - Mike Reid, Altoona Penn, country singer (Walk on Faith)
1972 - Danny Bautista, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, outfielder (Atlanta Braves)

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Famous Deaths

1972 - Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88
1976 - Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62
2002 - Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926)
2004 - Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (b. 1913)
2005 - Carl Amery [Christian Anton Mayer], German writer, dies at 83
2010 - Morrie Martin, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1922)

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