Today in History for 13th November 2021

Historical Events

1002 - English king Ethelred II (the 'Unready') launches 'St Brice's Day' massacre of Danish settlers
1839 - 1st US anti-slavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY
1875 - Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms
1960 - Fire in movie theater kills 152 children in Amude, Spain
1984 - Ryne Sandberg wins the NL MVP Award
2007 - An explosion hits the south wing of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Quezon City, killing four people, including Congressman Wahab Akbar, and wounding six

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Famous Birthdays

1792 - Edward John Trelawny, English traveler and author (Adv of Younger Son), born in London (d. 1881)
1854 - George Whitfield Chadwick, American composer (Judi Van Winke), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1931)
1894 - Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley], American stage and silent film actress (Blood and Sand; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), born in New York City (d. 1961)
1938 - Jean Seberg, American actress (Breathless, Paint Your Wagon), born in Marshaltown, Iowa (d. 1979)
1947 - Joe Mantegna, American actor (House of Games, Weeds), born in Chicago, Illinois
1963 - Thilo Timothy Newman, writer (Freejack, Alien), born in Hamburg, Germany

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Famous Deaths

1606 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)
1841 - Caroline of Baden, Queen of Bavaria, dies at 65
1909 - Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70
1994 - Joseph H. Hazen, US Lawyer/producer/VP (Warner Bros), dies at 96
1998 - Edwige Feuillère, French actress (b. 1907)
2004 - Thomas Foglietta, American politician (b. 1928)

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