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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 11th December 2018   
   11 Dec 18 03:41:12   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-lgh-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1909 - Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in   
   Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000   
      
   1934 - 1935 All-Star Game is assigned to Cleveland   
      
   1940 - Russian general Georgy Zhukov warns of German assault   
      
   1948 - WMC TV channel 5 in Memphis, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting   
      
   1961 - "Please, Mr. Postman" by Marvelettes released   
      
   1992 - Nor'easter storm hits NY, doing $ Billion worth of damage   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1676 - Johann Georg Weichenberger, Austrian composer, born in Graz, Austria   
   (d. 1740)   
      
   1917 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban bandleader and musician, born in Matanzas,   
   Cuba (d. 1989)   
      
   1919 - Marie Windsor [Emily Marie Bertelson], American actress (The Bounty   
   Hunter, Double Deal), born in Marysvale, Utah (d. 2000)   
      
   1927 - John Buscema, American comics artist (d. 2002)   
      
   1966 - Gary Dourdan, American actor, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   
      
   1996 - Hailee Steinfeld, American actress and singer (True Grit, Pitch   
   Perfect), born in Los Angeles, California   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1840 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771)   
      
   1942 - Franz C. Schmelkes, Czech-born Chemist who discovered azochloramid   
   (chlorazodin), a disinfectant, dies of a heart attack at 43   
      
   1955 - Franz Adolf Syberg, Danish composer, dies at 51   
      
   1968 - Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59   
      
   2000 - David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916)   
      
   2008 - Bettie Page, American pinup model considered the 'Queen of Pinups' and   
   the 'Dark Angel', dies at 85   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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