Today in History for 8th July 2022

Historical Events

1663 - King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
1797 - 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
1954 - KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
1981 - France performs nuclear test
1984 - Wimbledon Men's Tennis: John McEnroe defends his crown, thrashing fellow American Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
2021 - MLB Padres relief pitcher Daniel Camarena gets his first hit, in his second career at bat - a grand slam - against Washington Nationals' Max Scherzer, in San Diego

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Famous Birthdays

1908 - Louis Jordan, American musician, songwriter and bandleader ("Caldonia"; "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"; "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"), born in Brinkley, Arkansas (d. 1975)
1911 - Ken Farnes, English cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years), born in Leytonstone, England (d. 1941)
1944 - Jeffrey Tambor, American character actor (Larry Sanders - "Hank"; Arrested Decelopment), born in San Francisco, California
1951 - Greg T. Walker, American rock bassist (Blackfoot)
1963 - Mike Ridley, Canadian NHL center (Vancouver Canucks), born in Winnipeg, Canada
1991 - Thuso Mbedu, South African actress (Is'Thunzi), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

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Famous Deaths

1726 - John Ker, Scottish spy, (for the British government against the Jacobites), dies in a debtors prison at 52
1913 - Louis Hémon, French novelist (Maria Chapdelaine), dies at 32
1957 - Grace Goodhue Coolidge, American First Lady (1923-29), dies at 78
1987 - Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (Canadian Member of Parliament), dies at 84
1999 - Pete Conrad, American astronaut (b. 1930)
2003 - Kunio Toda, Japanese composer, dies at 87

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