Today in History for 8th September 2014

Historical Events

1156 - Henry II Jasormigott leaves Bavaria

1952 - Ernest Hemmingway's "Old Man and the Sea" published

1957 - Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single "Reet Petite"

1968 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island

1973 - "Star Trek - Animated Series" premieres on TV

1996 - 116th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76)

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Famous Birthdays

828 - Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)

1588 - Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher (Cartesian)

1826 - Disma Fumagalli, composer

1919 - Richard Pool, naval Officer

1947 - Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist

1977 - Maria Helena Selin, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)

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Famous Deaths

1637 - Robert Fludd, composer, dies at 63

1899 - Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer, dies at 78

1956 - Vital Celen, Flemish writer ('t Pastoorke van Vossendonck), dies at 69

1985 - John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1887)

2006 - Erk Russell, American football coach (b. 1923)

2012 - Bill Moggridge [William], British designer, dies from cancer at 69

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