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| Today in History for 12th December 2018 |
| 12 Dec 18 03:41:36 |
From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-yrq-this Historical Events 1915 - Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia 1939 - Russ Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die 1946 - Ice plant collapses, shearing a tenement building and burying 38 1958 - Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies v W Indies at Kanpur 1967 - US launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit 1995 - Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres addresses both houses of the US Congress More Historical Events ¯ Famous Birthdays 1731 - Erasmus Darwin, influential English physician, poet, philosopher, and botanist (grandfather of Charles Darwin), born in Newark-on-Trent, England (d. 1807) 1745 - John Jay, US statesman and 1st US Chief Justice, born in NYC, New York (d. 1829) 1907 - Frederik van Heek, Dutch sociologist, born in Enschede, Netherlands (d. 1987) 1924 - Nevit Kodali, composer 1946 - Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian auto racer (World F1 Champion 1972, 74, Indy 500 1989, 93), born in São Paulo, Brazil 1964 - Haywood Jeffires, NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers) More Famous Birthdays ¯ Famous Deaths 1934 - Thorleif Haug, Norwegian Nordic skier (b. 1894) 1938 - James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State, dies at 69 1970 - Louis Zimmer, Flemish astronomer and clock maker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock), dies at 82 1996 - Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher, dies at 77 2003 - HeydÉ™r Æliyev, President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923) 2007 - Ike Turner, American singer, former husband of Tina Turner (b. 1931) More Famous Deaths ¯ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/historyorb/todayinhistory/~3/EKfe7engumM/12 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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