Today in History for 6th November 2014

Historical Events

1879 - Canada celebrates 1st Thanksgiving Day

1941 - USA lends Soviet Union $1 million

1968 - Students of SF State Counsel go on strike

1973 - Abe Beame eleceted 1st Jewish mayor on NYC

1990 - Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

1994 - 24th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37

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Famous Birthdays

1607 - Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer

1855 - Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer

1947 - Jack Arnold, character on Wonder Years

1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-born trumpeter

1968 - Vlast Plavucha, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)

1977 - Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress

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Famous Deaths

1790 - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (b. 1726)

1901 - Bohdan Borkowski, composer, dies at 48

1944 - Lord Moyne, British prefect (Middle-East), murdered

1978 - Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)

2000 - David R. Brower, American environmentalist (b. 1912)

2005 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (b. 1967)

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