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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 4th January 2019   
   04 Jan 19 04:18:35   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@alt119.net.remove-rkb-this   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1893 - US President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy   
      
   1966 - WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting   
      
   1967 - Donald Campbell  is killed while driving a Bluebird K7, a jet-powered   
   boat, on Coniston Water; Campbell was trying to beat his own speed record   
      
   1971 - Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is   
      
   1971 - Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State victims   
      
   1975 - Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 10-0   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1832 - George Tryon, British admiral (d. 1893)   
      
   1905 - Sterling Holloway, American actor (The Jungle Book, Alice in   
   Wonderland, The Aristocats, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), born in   
   Cedartown, Georgia (d. 1992)   
      
   1956 - Bernard Sumner [Albrecht], English rock guitarist, vocalist (Joy   
   Division and New Order), born in Salford, England   
      
   1957 - Patty Loveless, [Ramey], singer (Blue Side of Town), born in Pikeville,   
   Kentucky   
      
   1969 - Lindsay Kennedy, American actor (Jeb-Little House on the Prairie), born   
   in Atlanta, Georgia   
      
   1989 - Graham Rahal, American race car driver, born in Columbus, Ohio   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1944 - Kaj Munk, [Harald Leininger], anti-fascist writer (Kaj Munk), dies   
      
   1947 - Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71   
      
   1960 - Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46   
      
   1962 - Hans Lammers, German SS officer (b. 1879)   
      
   1986 - Christopher Isherwood, English novelist (Lions and Shadows), dies at 81   
      
   2011 - Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter (b. 1947)   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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