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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 8th December 2018   
   08 Dec 18 03:39:56   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-8yf-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1857 - 1st production of Dion Boucicault's "Poor of New York"   
      
   1951 - "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 267   
   performances   
      
   1985 - 74th Women's Australian Open: Martina Navratilova beats Chris   
   Evert-Lloyd 6-2, 4-6, 6-2)   
      
   1985 - 74th Men's Australian Open: Stefan Edberg beats Mats Wilander (6-3,   
   6-3, 6-3)   
      
   1993 - 30 killed at religious rebellion in Algeria   
      
   2008 - Kirsty Williams elected as Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats. The   
   first female leader of a political party in Wales.   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1903 - Kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author   
      
   1939 - Jerry Butler, Sunflower Miss, rock vocalist (Never Give You Up)   
      
   1966 - Jeff Tremaine, American television and film director   
      
   1971 - Garvin Alston, pitcher (Colorado Rockies), born in Mt Vernon, New York   
      
   1975 - Kevin Harvick, American auto racer (NASCAR Cup Series Champion 2014),   
   born in Bakersfield, California   
      
   1977 - Sébastien Chabal, French rugby union footballer   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1830 - H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63   
      
   1969 - Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80   
      
   1982 - Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered   
      
   1995 - Ernest LeRoy Boyer, educator, dies at 67   
      
   2009 - Luis Días, Dominican Composer (b. 1952).   
      
   2016 - Joseph Mascolo, American actor (Days of Our Lives), dies at 87   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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