Monday, 22 December 2014

Today in History for 22nd December 2014

Historical Events


795 - Leo III succeeds pope Adrianus I

1465 - Peace of St Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik

1935 - Yaeko Iwasaki, student of D S Harada Roshi, 1st awakening in Kamakura

1939 - 99 die in 2nd wreck at Friedrichshafen Germany

1984 - Madonna's "Like a Virgin" single goes #1 for 6 weeks

2001 - Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.


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Famous Birthdays


1787 - Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar

1867 - Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic

1868 - John Nance Garner, Texas, (VP-D-1933-41)

1903 - Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across US in 86 days in 1960

1925 - Lewis Glucksman, American financier (d. 2006)

1974 - Heather Donahue, American actress


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Famous Deaths


1828 - Rachel Jackson, wife of 7th US President Andrew Jackson, dies of heart failure

1913 - Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913), dies at 69

1923 - Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67

1974 - Richard Long, actor (Prof-Nanny and Professor), dies at 47

1980 - Dick Kallman, actor (Hank Dearborn-Hank), murdered at 47

1993 - Don DeFore, actor (George Baxter-Hazel), dies of cardiac arrest at 76


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