Friday, 15 August 2014

Today in History for 15th August 2014

Historical Events


1653 - -16] Dutch ship "Sperwer" stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea

1864 - Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners

1918 - Russia severs diplomatic ties with US

1960 - CFL's Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium

1977 - Herbert Kappler, head of Nazi police and security services in Rome during WWII, escapes from prison hospital in Rome

1993 - Cindy Schreyer wins LPGA Sun-Time Challenge Golf Tournament


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Famous Birthdays


1934 - Reg Scarlett, WI cricket off-spinner (3 Tests 1960)

1940 - Rita Shane, American soprano

1944 - Linda Ellerbee, Bryan Texas, newscaster (Weekend, NBC Overnight)

1966 - Fred Strickland, linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)

1972 - Ken Walter, punter (Carolina Panthers)

1990 - Jennifer Lawrence, Louisville, Kentucky, American actress (Winter's Bone, Silver Linings Playbook )


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Famous Deaths


1369 - Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England

1729 - Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64

1799 - Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)

1864 - Daniel Phineas Woodbury, US engineer/Union general-major, dies

1996 - Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86

1996 - Ernest Leslie Bouts, motor-racing driver, dies at 93


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