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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 17th September 2022   
   17 Sep 22 19:41:38   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1957 - KETV TV channel 7 in Omaha, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting   
      
   1978 - 30th Emmy Awards: "All in the Family"; Ed Asner and Sada Thompson win   
      
   1980 - South Korea opposition leader Kim Dae-jung sentenced to death   
      
   1988 - Jeff Reardon becomes 1st to record 40 or more saves in both AL and NL   
      
   1989 - Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62   
      
   2019 - Indonesia raises the female marriage age to 19, in line with males, to   
   curb child marriages   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1834 - Edouard Pailleron, French attorney, poet and stage writer, born in   
   Paris, France (d. 1899)   
      
   1859 - Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist, born in Montreal, Quebec (d.   
   1942)   
      
   1908 - Franz Grothe, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1982)   
      
   1922 - Ursula Howells, British actress (Hard Times, Girly, Murder is   
   Announced), born in London, England (d. 2005)   
      
   1963 - Amy Roloff, American reality star (Little People, Big World), born in   
   Michigan   
      
   1995 - Patrick Mahomes, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl MVP 2020; KC   
   Chiefs), born in Tyler, Texas   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1604 - Lucas Osiander, German composer, dies at 69   
      
   1621 - Roberto Bellarmino, Italian saint (Doctor of the Church), dies at 78   
      
   1986 - Patricia "Pat" Phoenix, British actress (Coronation Street, L Shaped   
   Room), dies of lung cancer at 62   
      
   1994 - Vitas Gerulaitis, Lithuanian/American tennis player (Australian Open   
   1977; Wimbledon doubles 1975), dies of carbon monoxide poisoning at 40   
      
   1996 - Spiro Agnew, American politician (Vice President, 1969 until   
   resignation over corruption allegations in 1973), dies of leukemia at 77   
      
   2019 - Harold Mabern Jr., American post-bop jazz pianist and composer, dies at   
   83   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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