Today in History for 4th December 2021

Historical Events

1489 - Battle of Baza - Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
1954 - The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, USA
1955 - Bernardus Johannes Alfrink installed as Archbishop of Utrecht
1986 - US launches its Fleet Satellite Communications System (Fltsatcom-7)
1993 - Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
2014 - Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool, Blackpool, England: Team Europe beats US, 11-5 for 5th straight title; MVP: Niels Feijen (Netherlands)

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Famous Birthdays

1713 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist, born in Venice (d. 1786)
1913 - Robert Adler, Austrian-American inventor (remote control for television), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2007)
1944 - Dennis Wilson, American drummer and vocalist (Beach Boys), born in Hawthorne, California (d. 1983)
1956 - Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgarian weightlifter (World C'ship gold - 90kg 1991, 92, 93; Olympic silver - 82.5kg 1976), born in Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria
1974 - Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball second baseman and manager (first Japanese position player to win World Series 2005, Chicago White Sox; Chiba Lotte Marines), born in Tokyo, Japan
1975 - Marci Miller [Jobson], American soccer midfielder and coach (17 caps; coach Baylor), born in St. Charles, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1371 - Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38
1954 - Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies
1994 - Robert Jesse Charleston, museum curator, dies at 78
1996 - Willard Parker, American actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman), dies at 84
1997 - Richard Vernon, British actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night), dies at 72
2007 - Friedrich Zehm, German pianist and composer, dies at 85

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