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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 23rd September 2022   
   23 Sep 22 06:53:01   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1889 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro   
   Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda   
      
   1961 - 1st movie to become a TV series, "How to Marry a Millionaire" premieres   
      
   1979 - Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC   
      
   1982 - Amin Gemayel sworn in as President of Lebanon   
      
   2019 - US police officer fired after arresting two six-year-olds at a school   
   on charges of misdemeanour battery in Florida   
      
   2020 - President Donald Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of   
   power after the US November election at a White House press conference   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1895 - Miron Merzhanov, Soviet architect (d. 1975)   
      
   1920 - Gerard W Taylor, South African/British surgeon   
      
   1934 - John Mortimore, English soccer defender (Chelsea 249 games) and manager   
   (Portsmouth, Benfica, Real Betis), born in Farnborough, England (d. 2021)   
      
   1975 - Jaime Bergman, American model and actress   
      
   1977 - Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player   
      
   1979 - Red, rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Los Angeles, California   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1974 - Robbie Mcintosh, Scottish drummer (Average White Band), overdoses at 24   
      
   1987 - Louis Kentner, Hungarian-British pianist and composer, dies at 87   
      
   1994 - Dalton Reed, American soul singer, dies of heart failure at 42   
      
   1994 - Alec Dickson, founder of VSO, dies at 80   
      
   1997 - Abe Gibron, head coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 72   
      
   2002 - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan pioneer radio broadcaster, died at 75   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
   https://www.onthisday.com/day/september/23   
      
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