Today in History for 18th August 2014

Historical Events

1835 - Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago

1914 - French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg

1932 - Auguste Piccard/Max Cosijns reach 16,201m in a balloon

1943 - Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia

1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1983 - Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel

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Famous Birthdays

1887 - Nico J Polak, Dutch economist

1908 - Milan Ristic, composer

1956 - Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, American musician

1966 - Steve Avery, NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers)

1967 - Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer

1968 - Justin Strzelczyk, NFL guard/offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)

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Famous Deaths

1620 - Wanli, Emperor of China (b. 1563)

1961 - Learned Hand, Chief judge of US court of Appeals, dies at 89

1966 - Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle and Blessing), dies at 75

1982 - Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo and Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87

1996 - Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103

2003 - Tony Jackson, English musician (The Searchers) (b. 1938)

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