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Today in History for 11th August 2013

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 04:00 AM PDT


Historical Events
1611 - Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia
1924 - 1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken
1961 - Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1
1968 - Satchel Paige, 62, and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves
1976 - Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami
1991 - 400,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar, 31 killed
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Famous Birthdays
1833 - Robert Green Ingersoll, NY, author/politician/agnostic (Att Gen-R-Ill)
1902 - Lloyd Nolan, SF California, actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place)
1925 - Robert Linn, composer
1940 - Kip King, Chicago Ill, actor (Charlie and Company)
1958 - Cordelia Gonzalez, San Juan PR, actor (La Gran Fiesta)
1966 - Antonio Goss, NFL linebacker (SF 49ers)
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Famous Deaths
1253 - Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194) and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies (the Poor Clares)
1456 - Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49
1656 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (b. 1599)
1919 - Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83
1942 - Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60
2005 - James Booth, English actor (b. 1927)
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