Today in History for 15th July 2021

Historical Events

1500 - Baglione family massacre at the "Blood Wedding" of Astorre Baglione and Lavinia Colonna in Perugia
1806 - Zebulon Pike begins his journey to explore the American Southwest
1912 - American athlete Jim Thorpe is placed in top 4 in all 10 events, for an Olympic record 8,413 points to win the Decathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982
1959 - The US steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
1996 - Southern Mexico hit with 6.5 earthquake
2005 - "Wedding Crashers", starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, premieres

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Famous Birthdays

1704 - August Gottlieb Spangenberg, founder of Moravian Church in North America
1849 - Moritz Heuzenroeder, German pianist and composer who settled in Australia, born in Ottersberg, Germany (d. 1897)
1889 - Marjorie Rambeau, American actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1970)
1892 - Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer
1966 - Irene Jacob, actress (Red, Othello)
1973 - Brian Austin Green, American actor (David-Beverly Hills 90210), born in Van Nuys, California

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Famous Deaths

1750 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman, dies at 73
1782 - Farinelli, Italian singer, dies at 77
1789 - Jacques Duphly, French composer and harpsichordist, dies at 74
1856 - Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81
1987 - Jack O'Hagan, cricketer and composer (Our Don Bradman), dies at 88
1997 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (Versace), shot and murdered by Andrew Cunanan at 50

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