Monday, 12 May 2014

Today in History for 12th May 2014

Historical Events


1881 - Treaty of Bardo, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate

1915 - Croatians plunder Armenia, killing 250

1955 - Chicago Cub Sam Jones is 1st black to pitch no-hitter (Pirates, 4-0)

1981 - Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Minn

1990 - 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)

1997 - Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox


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Famous Birthdays


1902 - Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor

1935 - Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player

1958 - Christian Brando, son of Marlon/killed sisters boyfriend

1963 - Vanessa A. Williams, Brooklyn New York, American actress (Rhonda Blair-Melrose Place)

1966 - Stephen Baldwin, actor (Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects)

1967 - Robert Blackmon, defensive back (Indianapolis Colts, Seattle Seahawks)


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Famous Deaths


1825 - Stanislao Mattei, composer, dies at 75

1864 - Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37

1930 - Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70

1957 - Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)

1966 - Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (b. 1896)

2002 - Erich Kulas, ECW Wrestler (Mass Transit)


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