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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 23rd October 2018   
   23 Oct 18 04:11:51   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-m9x-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1668 - Jews of Barbados forbidden to engage in retail trade   
      
   1903 - 8th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-6 in Montgomery   
      
   1935 - Johnny Revolta wins PGA golf tournament   
      
   1942 - All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an American Airlines DC-3 airliner   
   killed when it is struck by a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber near Palm Springs,   
   California. Amongst the victims is composer Ralph Rainger ("Thanks for the   
   Memory")   
      
   1944 - Soviet army invades Hungary   
      
   1987 - Dutch government gives Fokker's Aircraft Ÿ212 million credit   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1810 - William Leidesdorff, Mixed-race early Californian businessman, born in   
   Christiansted, Virgin Islands, Danish West Indies (d. 1848)   
      
   1851 - Guillaume Couture, composer   
      
   1918 - Mary Jeanette "Peggy" Moran, American actress (Double Date, Horror   
   Island), born in Clinton, Iowa (d. 2002)   
      
   1927 - Sonny [William] Criss, American jazz musician (bebop, Jazz USA), born   
   in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1977)   
      
   1931 - Jim Bunning, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, politician   
   (perfect game vs Mets 1965, Rep. Senator-Ky), born in Southgate, Kentucky (d.   
   2017)   
      
   1962 - Beatie Edney,  actress (Diary of a Mad Old Man), born in London, England   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1774 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist, dies at 59   
      
   1901 - Georg von Siemens, founder (Deutsche Bank), dies   
      
   1936 - (Marie) Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Bitter Pill), dies at 80   
      
   1976 - Leonard Lee, American vocalist (Shirley and Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40   
      
   1990 - Louis Althusser, French philosopher, dies   
      
   1998 - Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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