Today in History for 1st October 2014

Historical Events

1907 - Plaza Hotel (5th Av and 59th Str, NY) opens

1931 - Spanish Cortes accept general female suffrage

1960 - KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting

1962 - The Lucy Show premieres

1966 - WAEO (now WJFW) TV channel 12 in Rhinelander, WI (NBC) begins

1994 - Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic

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Famous Birthdays

1760 - William Beckford, British writer (Epsiodes of Vathek)

1890 - Constantin Nottara, composer

1899 - Ernest Haycox, American writer (d. 1950)

1953 - Pete Falcone, American baseball player

1966 - Cuco Ziganda, Spanish footballer

1970 - Alexei Zhamnov, Moscow Russia, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets, Oly-S-98)

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Famous Deaths

290 - [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed

1943 - Johan van Mierlo, resistance fighter, executed at 35

1943 - Antoon Pleyte, resistance fighter, executed at 26

1945 - Walter B Cannon, US physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73

1996 - Joonas Kokkonen, composer, dies at 74

2010 - Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)

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