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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 25th September 2022   
   25 Sep 22 14:16:08   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   955 - Bishop Ratherius of Luik flees   
      
   1639 - Suzuki Shosan, Samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening   
      
   1861 - Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves   
      
   1979 - "Evita" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 1568 performances   
      
   1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR   
      
   1988 - Pope John Paul II beatifies Friar Junípero Serra (founder of 1st   
   Californian missions)   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1683 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (Traite), baptized in Dijon,   
   France (d. 1764)   
      
   1902 - Ernst von Salomon, German writer (Kette Der Tausend Kraniche), born in   
   Kiel, Germany (d. 1972)   
      
   1927 - Sir Colin Davis, British conductor (Covent Garden, 1970-85; Bavarian   
   Radio Symphony, 1983-93; London Symphony, 1995-2006), born in Weybridge,   
   Surrey (d. 2013)   
      
   1939 - Leon Brittan, British politician, Home Secretary and member of the   
   European Commission, born in London (d. 2015)   
      
   1946 - Gil Morgan, American golfer (7 PGA Tour titles, 3 Champions Tour   
   majors), born in Wewoka, Oklahoma   
      
   1947 - John Fiddler, English rock vocalist and guitarist (British Lions), born   
   in Darlaston, Wednesbury, England   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1792 - Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman, dies at 81   
      
   1970 - Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front),   
   dies at 72   
      
   1980 - Lewis Milestone, Moldovan film director (b. 1895)   
      
   1980 - John Bonham, English rock drummer (Led Zeppelin), dies from   
   asphyxiation after heavy alcohol intake at 32   
      
   2003 - Aquila al-Hashimi, Iraqi politician (b. 1953)   
      
   2019 - Paul Badura-Skoda, Austrian pianist (Mozart interpretation), dies at 91   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
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