Today in History for 24th April 2015

Historical Events

1704 - “Boston News-Letter” 1st successful newspaper in US, forms
1900 - Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer
1923 - General harbor strike begins in NYC
1974 - Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion
1982 - Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies
2007 - Iceland announces that Norway will shoulder the defense of Iceland during peacetime.

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Famous Birthdays

1660 - Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter/engraver
1742 - Roman Hoffstetter, composer
1889 - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
1946 - Bruce Stuart Saylor, composer
1968 - Stacy Haiduk, American actress
1998 - Ryan Newman, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1338 - Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)
1779 - Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
1827 - Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82
1904 - Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77
1938 - George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
1961 - Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72

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