Today in History for 22nd October 2021

Historical Events

1926 - J. Gordon Whitehead sucker punches magician Harry Houdini in the stomach in Montreal
1956 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1991 - General Motors announces 9 month loss of $US2.2 billion
1992 - Atlanta Braves become 1st American team to win a Baseball World Series game outside of United States; beat Toronto Blue Jays, 7-2 in Game 5 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
1996 - NY Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
2019 - Chilean president Sebastián Piñera agrees to meet opposition leaders after 15 people killed in growing nationwide protests over living costs and inequality

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Famous Birthdays

1870 - Ivan Bunin, Russian poet and novelist (Gentleman from San Francisco-Nobel 1933), born in Voronezh, Russian Empire (d. 1953)
1873 - Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat, born in Ekenäs, Finland (d. 1950)
1947 - Haley Barbour, American politician, governor of Mississippi
1961 - Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer (four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88)
1975 - Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
1978 - Dion Glover, American basketball player, born in Marietta, Georgia

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Famous Deaths

1613 - Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer
1881 - Janis Cimze, Latvian composer, Father of Latvian choir music, dies at 67
1928 - Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-09, 1910-13, 1914-15), dies at 66
1942 - Gustave "Staff" de Clercq, leader Flemish Nationally Covenant, dies
1979 - Nadia Boulanger, French composer and conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony), dies at 92
1994 - Fabio Grobart, founder (Cuban Communist Party), dies

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