Today in History for 15th July 2016

Historical Events

1501 – Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon
1954 – 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)
1963 – Paul McCartney is fined £17 for speeding
1968 – Commercial air travel begins between US and USSR
2009 – A 7.9 Magnitude earthquake registers 160km west of Invercargill, New Zealand, creating a small tsunami.
2013 – 18 people are killed and 47 are injured in a riot following a boxing match in Indonesia

Famous Birthdays

1818 – Heinrich Esser, composer
1909 – John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler (one Test 1931)
1913 – Abraham Sutzkever, Yiddish language poet and memoirist.
1924 – David Cox, warden (Nuffield College, Oxford)
1938 – Carmen Callil, publisher
1980 – Jonathan Cheechoo, professional ice hockey player

Famous Deaths

1416 – John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies
1983 – Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
1989 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
1990 – Alison Leggatt, actress (Day of Triffids, Cows), dies at 86
1992 – Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijan’s most noted journalist (b. 1960)
2015 – Wan Li, Chinese reform politician, dies at 98

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