Today in History for 13th July 2016

On this Day Historic Events, Famous Birthdays and Famous Deaths

Historical Events

1863 – Battle of Bayou La Fourche, LA
1958 – 13th US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Mickey Wright
1984 – Jeff Beck quits Rod Stewart’s tour after 7 shows
1999 – 70th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 4-1 at Fenway Park, Boston
2012 – 19-30 people are killed after a train collides with a truck in Malelane, South Africa
2015 – Greek Credit Crisis: Eurozone agrees conditional deal to lend €86bn over 3 years if Greece passes reforms.

Famous Birthdays

1877 – Karl Erb, German tenor
1883 – [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Potasch and Perlemoer)
1922 – Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (1972-3, 75-82), born in Copenhagen (d. 2016)
1948 – Ronald K Machtley, (Rep-R-Rhode Island)
1948 – Don Sweet, CFL, NFL place kicker (Montreal, Green Bay), born in Vancouver, Canada
1954 – Ray “Candles” Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer (1977-86)

Famous Deaths

1683 – Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631)
1755 – Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh
1973 – Willy Fritsch, German actor (Spies, Women in the Moon), dies at 72
1989 – Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
2010 – Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman’s band (b. 1931)
2011 – Allan Jeans, Australian football player and coach (b. 1933)

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