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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sun, 4 Sep 2022 06:20:47 +0000, "Today in History | OnThisDay.com"   
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   Historical Events   
      
   1282 - King of Aragon Pedro III annexes Sicily   
      
   1940 - CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB   
      
   1957 - Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to   
   prevent 9 black students from entering a Little Rock's Central High   
   School   
      
   1993 - Mats Wilander beats fellow Swede Mikael Pernfors in a US Open   
   marathon 7-6, 3-6, 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 in 4 hours, 1 minute; match ends at   
   2:26am   
      
   1994 - Bulgarian government of Lyuben Berov falls   
      
   1995 - Cult TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess" starring Lucy Lawless   
   and Renee O'Connor debuts in the US   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1853 - Hermann Wissmann, German African explorer and governor of   
   East-Africa, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1905)   
      
   1913 - Stanford Moore, American biochemist (Nobel 1977), born in   
   Chicago, Illinois (d. 1982)   
      
   1916 - Robert A. W. Lowndes, American sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet)   
   (d. 1988)   
      
   1949 - Dado Topić, Croatian musician (Time; Dragonfly), born in Nova   
   GradiÅ¡ka, Croatia   
      
   1967 - Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests), born in   
   Christchurch, Canterbury   
      
   1970 - Luis Lopez, Puerto Rican baseball infielder (San Diego Padres),   
   born in Cidra, Puerto Rico   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1916 - José Echegaray, Spanish politician and dramatist (Nobel Prize   
   for Literature 1904), dies at 84   
      
   1994 - Louis Myers, American blues guitarist and harmonica player,   
   dies at 64   
      
   1997 - Natko DevÄ楳ić, Croatian composer, dies at 83   
      
   2007 - John Scott, Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish peer, then largest   
   landowner in Scotland, 1st MP in a wheelchair, dies at 83   
      
   2009 - Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger   
   UXB), dies at 79   
      
   2020 - Gary Peacock, American jazz bassist (Keith Jarrett Trio), dies   
   at 85   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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