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Today in History for 18th April 2022

Historical Events

1934 - Adolf Hitler names Joachim von Ribbentrop ambassador for disarmament
1958 - A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound is to be released from an insane asylum.
1977 - Musical revue "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box, NYC for 390 performances
1984 - Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43)
1990 - Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF
1994 - "Beauty and the Beast" opens at Palace Theater NYC

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Famous Birthdays

1813 - James McCune Smith, African-American doctor and abolitionist, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1865)
1925 - Bob Hastings, American actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family), born in Brooklyn, New York, (d. 2014)
1946 - Harvey Kagan, American muscian (Sir Douglas Quintet)
1950 - Bill Sudderth III, American trumpeteer (Atlantic Star-Touch 4 Leaf Clover)
1950 - Kenny Ortega, American film and TV producer (High School Musical trilogy), born in Palo Alto, California
1959 - Jim Eisenreich, American MLB outfielder (Tourette syndrome, Florida Marlins WS 1997), born in St. Cloud, Minnesota

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Famous Deaths

1556 - Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61
1567 - Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer, dies at 63
1947 - Benny Leonard, Jewish-American lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51
1984 - John Lee Mahin, American screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81
1984 - Francis De Wolff, British character actor (A Christmas Carol, From Russia With Love), dies at 71
2013 - Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic collective), dies of liver failure at 60

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