Today in History for 7th July 2022

Historical Events

1919 - Philadelphia Phillies tie MLB record of 8 steals in an innings (9th) in a 10-5 loss vs NY Giants
1923 - Cleveland Indians set an AL record 27 runs including 13 in the 6th in 27-3 win v Boston Red Sox
1972 - 7 people are killed in separate incidents across Northern Ireland
1974 - FIFA World Cup Final, Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany: Striker Gerd Müller scores 43rd minute winner as West Germany beats the Netherlands, 2-1
1980 - The Safra massacre in Lebanon
1986 - Soviet General and spy for the US Dmitri Polyakov arrested in retirement in Russia (executed 1988)

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Famous Birthdays

1586 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646)
1926 - Nuon Chea [Lau Kim Korn], Cambodian revolutionary and Khmer Rouge leader 'Brother Number Two', born in Battambang, Cambodia (d. 2019)
1933 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand middle-distance runner (Olympic gold 1960), born in Eketāhuna, New Zealand
1944 - Jürgen Grabowski, German soccer midfielder/forward (44 caps West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt 441 games), born in Wiesbaden, Germany (d. 2022)
1951 - Roz Ryan, actress (Amelia-Amen, Occupied), born in Detroit, Michigan
1967 - Alfred Jackson, American CFL receiver (BC Lions), born in Caldwell, Texas

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Famous Deaths

1572 - Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72), dies at 51
1663 - Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
1774 - Giuseppe Maria Carretti, Italian composer, dies at 83
1932 - Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian, dies at 87
1993 - Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965)
2006 - Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911)

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