Today in History for 10th July 2016

Historical Events

1914 – Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles
1932 – Jack Burnett gets 9 hits, Eddie Rommel relieves in 2nd 18-17 victory in 18 as his A’s beats Indians in longest relief job
1982 – Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week
1988 – Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1997 – Louise Woodward’s trial begins in Mass, Nanny murder trial
2015 – 23 people are killed and 50 are injured in a stampede at a free clothing drive in Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Famous Birthdays

1888 – Giorgio De Chirico, Greece, Metaphysical painter (Soothsayer)
1940 – Mills Watson, actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ and Bear), born in Oakland, California
1941 – Jake Eberts, film producer (Chariots of Fire, Dances with Wolves), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2012)
1949 – John Whitehead, American singer and record producer
1972 – Peter Serafinowicz, British comedian and actor
1984 – Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, Miss World 2004

Famous Deaths

1103 – Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies
1680 – Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist (b. 1643)
1683 – François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610)
1908 – Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (b. 1839)
1937 – Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56
1979 – Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84

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