Today in History for 14th December 2022

Historical Events

1793 - 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Kentucky, to Cincinnati
1849 - 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert in Boston
1920 - Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC
1977 - Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years
1978 - China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1978 - "Ballroom" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 116 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1881 - Katherine MacDonald, American actress and film producer (Stranger Than Fiction, The Infidel), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1956)
1917 - June Taylor, American choreographer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2004)
1941 - Ellen Willis, American journalist and feminist, born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
1968 - Jamie Crysdale, CFL corner (Calgary Stampeders), born in Calgary, Alberta
1984 - Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer, born in Belfast
1985 - Nonami Takizawa, Japanese gravure idol and actress, born in Saitama prefecture, Japan

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Famous Deaths

1077 - Agnes of Poitou, German Empress and wife of Emperor Henry III, dies at 52
1715 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 79
1760 - Kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies at 56
1788 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74
1914 - Giovanni Sgambati, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 73
1989 - Andrei Sakharov, Russian nuclear physicist and an activist for disarmament, peace and human rights (Nobel 1975), dies of a heart attack at 68

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