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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 17th September 2018   
   17 Sep 18 06:42:56   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-66s-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1595 - Pope Clemens VIII recognizes Henry IV as King of France   
      
   1863 - Pope Pius IX encyclical On persecution in New Grenada   
      
   1935 - Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina chosen 2nd President of Philippines   
      
   1980 - Oak A's Rick Langford is removed with 2 outs in 9th inning ending his   
   consecutive complete-game streak at 22   
      
   1980 - "Divine Madness" starring Bette Midler, premieres   
      
   1993 - Last Russian troops leave Poland.   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1815 - Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (Brudefaerden i Hardanger), born in   
   Christiania, Norway (d. 1868)   
      
   1930 - Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist   
      
   1945 - Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach (Knick   
   /Bulls/Lakers), born in Deer Lodge, Montana   
      
   1979 - Billy Miller, actor (The Young and the Restless), born in Tulsa,   
   Oklahoma   
      
   1980 - Danny Haren, American baseball player   
      
   1981 - Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1702 - Olof Rudbeck, Swedish scientist, writer and composer, dies at 71   
      
   1864 - Walter Savage Landor, English poet and writer (Imaginary    
   onversations), dies at 89   
      
   1877 - William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer, dies at 77   
      
   1899 - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist (b. 1842)   
      
   1972 - Akim Tamiroff, Armenian-Russian actor (Touch of Evil, For Whom the Bell   
   Tolls), dies at 72   
      
   1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, Lithuanian American tennis star (Davis Cup 1979),   
   dies of carbon monoxide poisoning at 40   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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