• Today in History for 20th September 2018

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    Historical Events

    1924 - Carl Mays is 1st pitcher to win 20 games seasons for 3 different teams

    1931 - Lou Gehrig's 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184

    1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR

    1979 - Jose E dod Santos becomes president of Angola

    1997 - Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive

    2015 - Pope Francis meets Fidel Castro in Havana, on the 1st day of his tour of
    Cuba

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    Famous Birthdays

    1924 - James Galanos, fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame 1959), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)

    1931 - Cherd Songsri, Thai filmmaker (d. 2006)

    1954 - Anne Mcintosh, British member European parliament

    1956 - Debi Morgan, actress (All My Children, Cry Uncle), born in Dunn, North Carolina

    1972 - Jenny Morris, Maryborough Australia, field hockey fullback (Olympics 1996)

    1985 - David Allen, American composer and writer

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    Famous Deaths

    1863 - Jacob Grimm, German philologist, folklorist and editor of "Grimm's Fairy
    Tales", dies at 78

    1880 - Donald McKay, Canadian-American naval architect (built fastest clipper ships), dies at 70

    1884 - Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (b.1802)

    1897 - Karel Bendl, Czech composer, dies at 59

    1988 - Roy Kinnear, actor (Casanova, Pirates, Scrooge, Help!), dies at 54

    2015 - Jack Larson, American playwright and actor (Jimmy Olsen-Superman), dies at 87

    More Famous Deaths ¯

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