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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 8th September 2022   
   08 Sep 22 04:50:59   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1847 - US under General Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey   
      
   1907 - Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis    
   anti-modernism)   
      
   1946 - US National Championship Women's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: In an   
   all-American final Pauline Betz Addie beats Patricia Canning Todd 11-9, 6-3   
   for her 4th and last US singles title   
      
   1957 - Juan Manuel Fangio confirms his F1 World Drivers Championship,   
   finishing 2nd in the season ending Italian GP at Monza; takes record 5th title   
   by 15 points from Stirling Moss   
      
   1963 - US National Championship Men's Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Rafael Osuna   
   of Mexico beats Frank Froehling 7-5, 6-4, 6-2 for his lone major singles title   
      
   1978 - Iranian army fires on Khomeini followers in Tehran, 100s killed   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1914 - Dimitrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1973-91), born in   
   Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1991)   
      
   1925 - Denise Darcel, French actress (Dangerous When Wet), born in Paris,   
   France (d. 2011)   
      
   1942 - Brian Cole, American rock vocalist and bassist (Association), born in   
   Tacoma, Washington (d. 1972)   
      
   1966 - Raymond Atteveld, Dutch soccer player (Waregem, Roda JC), born in   
   Amsterdam, Netherlands   
      
   1969 - Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer (Nottingham Forest), born in Vadsø,   
   Norway   
      
   1972 - Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor, born in KÅ   
   tÅ   
   , Tokyo   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1613 - Don Carlo Gesauldo, Italian composer, dies at 47   
      
   1947 - Victor Horta, Belgium architect, founder of Art Nouveau movement   
   (Hôtel Tassel), dies at 86   
      
   1955 - Johannes de Young, Dutch cardinal and archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69   
      
   1983 - Willem C "Wim" Kan, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 72   
      
   1991 - Brad Davis, American actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies   
   at 41   
      
   2014 - Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (Adriana Lecouvreur; La Voix Humaine),   
   dies at 104   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
   https://www.onthisday.com/day/september/8   
      
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