Today in History for 19th October 2021

Historical Events

615 - Pope Deusdedit [Adeodatus I] elected to succeed Boniface IV as Catholic Pope
1864 - Approx 25 Confederates make surprise attack on St Albans, Vermont
1946 - Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds
1988 - 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel
1999 - "Believe" single released by Cher (Billboard Song of the Year, 1999; Grammy Award Best Dance Recording, 2000)
2006 - MLB National League Championship: St. Louis Cardinals beat New York Mets, 4 games to 3

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Famous Birthdays

1911 - Hilde Spiel, Austrian writer, born in Vienna (d. 1990)
1936 - Johnetta Betsch Cole, educator/president (Spellman College)/(Sen-D-KY)
1940 - Jerzy Kulej, Polish light welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1964, 68), (d. 2012)
1955 - Nino DeFranco, Canadian musician (The DeFranco Family)
1979 - José Luis "Parejita" López, Mexican footballer
1982 - Louis Oosthuizen, South African golfer (British Open 2010; runner-up in all 4 major events), born in Mossel Bay, South Africa

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Famous Deaths

1216 - King John of England (1199-1216), agreed to the Magna Carta, dies at 49
1897 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (b. 1831)
1937 - Betty Carver, wife of English WWII Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies
1955 - John Hodiak, American actor (Battleground, A Bell for Adamo, Lifeboat), dies from coronary thrombosis at 41
1964 - Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (Henry Handel Richardson: A Study), dies at 79
2013 - Ronald Shannon Jackson, American avant-garde jazz and funk drummer, and composer (Cecil Taylor; Last Exit; Decoding Society), dies of leukemia at 73

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