Wednesday 15 October 2014

Today in History for 15th October 2014

Historical Events


1598 - Spanish general strategist Bernardino de Mendoza occupies fort Rhine

1864 - Confederate troops occupy Glasgow, Missouri

1937 - Rather than accept any trade offers, the Yanks release Tony Lazzeri

1953 - WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, PA (IND) begins

1964 - NY Yankees appears in 14 and win 9 of last 16 World Series

1972 - Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat NY Knicks 109-101


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Famous Birthdays


1879 - Jane Darwell, [Patti Woodward], Palmyra MO, actress (Huckleberry Finn)

1884 - Arch Hoxsey, pioneer aviator (d. 1910)

1957 - Stacy Peralta, American director

1966 - Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer

1970 - Eric Benét, American singer

1977 - Patricio Urrutia, Ecuadorian footballer


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Famous Deaths


1002 - Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy (b. 946)

1524 - Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter, dies at about 45

1730 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. 1658)

1914 - Aleksander Rozycki, composer, dies at 69

1960 - Clara Kimball Young, actress (Return of Chandu), dies of stroke at 70

2005 - Jason Collier, American basketball player (b. 1977)


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