Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Today in History for 17th December 2014

Historical Events


942 - Assassination of William I Longsword, 2nd Duke of Normandy.

1852 - 1st Hawaiian cavalry organized

1949 - Burma recognizes People's Republic of China

1961 - Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die

1977 - Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia v India at the WACA, aged 41

2013 - Australia wins the 3rd test to take win the 2013-14 Ashes test cricket series


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Famous Birthdays


1840 - Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer

1853 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree, England, actor/theater manager (Trilby)

1937 - Art Neville, New Orleans LA, vocalist (Neville Brothers)

1949 - Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer

1971 - Tony Richardson, NFL fullback (KC Chiefs)

1980 - Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver


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Famous Deaths


1829 - Bernard Jumentier, composer, dies at 80

1944 - Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian/German/French painter, dies

1965 - Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76

1972 - Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63

1999 - Rex Allen, American actor, singer and songwriter (b. 1920)

2003 - Otto Graham, NFL Quarterback, dies of a heart aneurysm at 82


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