Today in History for 17th October 2014

Historical Events

1916 - Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage

1960 - US and Britain sign accord for nuclear sub bases

1978 - NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)

1979 - Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize

1986 - Yitzak Rabin forms Israeli government

1988 - Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft

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Famous Birthdays

1582 - Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (d. 1637)

1914 - Albert Markos, composer

1921 - Pricilla Lanford Buckly, editor/columnist (National Review)

1946 - Adam Michnik, Polish activist

1965 - Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket (Sri Lanka's greatest batsman)

1966 - Danny Ferry, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers)

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Famous Deaths

1702 - Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies

1887 - Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63

1943 - Stefan Starzyński, Polish politician (b. 1893)

1963 - Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97

1974 - René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57

2006 - Daniel Emilfork, French actor (b. 1924)

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