Today in History for 7th December 2014

Historical Events

1741 - Elisabeth Petrovna becomes tsarina of Russia

1875 - Natives Sons of the West organized

1911 - Natl Hockey Association forms with New Westminster, Vancouver and Victoria

1962 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1980 - 69th Davis Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Italy in Prague (4-1)

1989 - C Coleman and D Zippel's musical "City of Angels" premieres in NYC

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Famous Birthdays

1872 - Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens)

1873 - Willa Cather, US, author (My Antonia)

1879 - Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite)

1888 - Hamilton Fish, US congress leader/isolationist

1894 - Stuart Davis, US painter

1967 - Tino Martinez, Tampa FL, 1st baseman (Seattle Mariner, NY Yankees)

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Famous Deaths

1254 - Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies

1841 - Johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83

1962 - Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67

1979 - Nicolas Born, writer, dies at 41

1994 - J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939)

1995 - Tom Burns, editor, dies at 89

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