Today in History for 23rd April 2015

Historical Events

1918 - National Urban League forms
1968 - 1st decimal coins issued in Britain (5 and 10 new pence, replacing shilling and two-shilling pieces)
1968 - United Methodist Church forms
1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
1989 - Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
1996 - Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million

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Famous Birthdays

1484 - Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things)
1812 - Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor
1915 - Arnold Hall, CEO (Hawker Siddeley Group)
1923 - Avram Davidson, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork!)
1936 - John D’Arcy, cricketer (NZ Test batsman on 1958 England tour)
1982 - Taio Cruz, London/English RandB, Pop, Hip Hop singer

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Famous Deaths

1616 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (b. 1564) (Julian calendar) dies aged 52
1625 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57
1946 - Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68
1992 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70
1993 - Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78
1996 - Leonard Kuntstat, blues discographer, dies at 70

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