Today in History for 13th July 2014

Historical Events

1863 - Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks in NYC; about 1,000 die

1943 - 11th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Shibe Park, Philadelphia

1944 - Vilnius, Lithuania, liberated

1965 - 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minn

1976 - 47th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Veterans Stadium, Phila

2004 - 75th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Minute Maid Park, Houston

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Famous Birthdays

1888 - Jean Murat, Pergneux France, actor (Eternal Rain, Carnival Flanders)

1927 - Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor

1936 - Albert Ayler, American musician (d. 1970)

1950 - George D "Pinky" Nelson, Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)

1973 - Gavin Hassett, Saint John New Brunswick, rower (Olympics-96)

1992 - Dylan Patton, American actor

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Famous Deaths

1626 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563)

1863 - John S Bowen, US architect/Confederate gen-major, dies at 32

1958 - Karl Erb, German tenor, dies on 81st birthday

1973 - Martian Negrea, composer, dies at 80

1982 - Edith Heerdegen, dies at 69

2008 - Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932)

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