Today in History for 5th July 2014

Historical Events

1450 - Pope Nicolas V names Walraven van Meurs bishop of Munster

1932 - Antonio de Oliveira Salazar becomes premier/dictator of Portugal

1962 - 96 murder at massacre in Oran, Algeria

1969 - 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64)

1971 - Simon Gray's "Butley" premieres in London

1994 - Boxer Buster Douglas comes out of a diabetic coma

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Famous Birthdays

1841 - William C. Whitney, American financier (d. 1904)

1936 - James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1951 - Keiko Fuji, Japanese enka singer

1954 - John Wright, NZ cricketer (opening batsman 1978-92)

1971 - Donna Faber, East Orange NJ, tennis star

1979 - Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer

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Famous Deaths

1626 - Stephan Fadinger, Austrian boer leader, dies in battle

1883 - Frederick Scotson Clark, composer, dies at 42

1991 - Howard Nemerow, US poet laureate (Pulitzer), dies

1993 - Harrison E Salisbury, US journalist (NY Times), dies at 84

2002 - Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)

2006 - Kenneth Lay, American businessman (b. 1942)

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