Saturday, 12 July 2014

Today in History for 12th July 2014

Historical Events


1843 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy

1874 - Ontario Agricultural College founded

1917 - The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.

1957 - US Surgeon Gen Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer

1987 - 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel

1992 - Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament


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Famous Birthdays


1803 - Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)

1905 - John C F, son of English King George V

1929 - Pavle Merku, composer

1962 - Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer

1964 - Judi Evans Luciano, Montebello, actress (Paulina Cory-Another World)

1970 - Marsha Guialdo, San Juan Trinidad, 100m hurdler


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Famous Deaths


1545 - Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies

1973 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Wolfman), dies after long illness at 66

1979 - Minnie Ripperton, [Andrea Davis], singer (Lovin' You), dies at 30

1994 - Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52

1995 - Michael Clegg, naturalist/broadcaster, dies at 62

1998 - Serge Lemoyne, French Canadian artist (b. 1941)


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