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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 14th October 2018   
   14 Oct 18 03:33:59   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-11cg-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1946 - Netherland and Indonesia sign cease fire   
      
   1949 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title   
      
   1958 - Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community   
      
   1978 - NY Yank Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy by getting in    
   the way of a throw to 1st and deflects the ball away   
      
   1990 - Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Trophee Urban World Golf Championship   
      
   2012 - 20 people are gunned down in a mosque in Dogo Dawa, Nigeria   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1907 - Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter and actor (Zeskamp, Oebele),   
   born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1981)   
      
   1947 - Lukas Resetarits, Austrian cabaret artist, born in Stinatz, Austria   
      
   1967 - Dave Hajek, infielder (Houston Astros), born in Roseville, California   
      
   1973 - DeJuan Wheat, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)   
      
   1981 - Boof Bonser, American baseball player   
      
   1996 - Lourdes Marie Ciccone Leon, daughter of singer Madonna   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1552 - Oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. 1488)   
      
   1943 - Jackie Matthews, cricketer (8 Tests 1911-12, 16 wickets), dies   
      
   1984 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in   
   Physics (b. 1918)   
      
   1996 - William John Raff Hooper, British cartoonist (Percy Prune), dies at 80   
      
   2005 - Jody Dobrowski, English murder victim (b. 1981)   
      
   2012 - Kyle Bennett, American BMX racer, dies in a traffic collision at 33   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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