Sunday, 8 June 2014

Today in History for 8th June 2014

Historical Events


452 - Italy invaded by Attila the Hun

1191 - Richard I arrives in Acre thus beginning his crusade.

1956 - WDAM TV channel 7 in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting

1968 - Gary Puckett and Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"

1971 - White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign

1996 - 128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96


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Famous Birthdays


1909 - William Odling, major-general

1939 - Herb Adderley, Phila, NFL hall of famer (Packers, Cowboys)

1945 - Donna Deitch, director (Sexual Advances, Women of Brewster Place)

1947 - Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1962 - Nick Rhodes, [Bates], keyboardist (Duran Duran-Hungry Like the Wolf)

1969 - Laurel Martin, Hummelstown PA, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)


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Famous Deaths


1376 - "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46

1884 - Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51

1906 - Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65

1984 - Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88

1992 - William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82

2013 - Paul Cellucci, American politician, dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 65


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