Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Today in History for 20th May 2014

Historical Events


1310 - Shoes were made for both right and left feet

1784 - Britain and Netherlands sign peace treaty (Peace of Paris)

1902 - US military occupation of Cuba (since Jan 1, 1899) ends

1940 - Soccer team HZVV forms in Hoogeveen

1941 - Germany invades Crete

1980 - In a referendum, 59.5% of Quebec voters reject separatism


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Famous Birthdays


1860 - Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1917)

1921 - John Harrison, British vice admiral/surgeon

1943 - Tison Street, composer

1969 - Brian Gerard James, American professional wrestler

1981 - Lindsay Taylor, American basketball player

1986 - Dexter Blackstock, English footballer


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Famous Deaths


1782 - Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68

1834 - Marquis de Lafayette, French general, dies

1940 - Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies

1973 - Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)

2012 - Robin Gibb, British singer song-writer, dies from colon and liver cancer at 62

2012 - Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi, convicted bomber (Pan Am 103), dies from prostate cancer at 60


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