Today in History for 15th December 2022

Historical Events

1918 - American Jewish Congress holds its 1st meeting
1953 - WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 - Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death for war crimes in Israel
1973 - American kidnap victim John Paul Getty III freed after ransom paid by oil tycoon grandfather John Paul Getty
1983 - 3 Kansas City Royals (Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens, and Jerry Martin) suspended due to cocaine usage
2017 - Pakistani teenager Ahed Tamimi filmed slapping Israeli officers during protest, arrested 4 days later

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Famous Birthdays

1860 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish-Farosese physician and phototherapist (Nobel Prize for Medicine 1903 for treatment for Lupus), born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (d. 1904)
1888 - Artturi Leinonen, Finnish journalist and writer (Kati), born in Ylihärmä, Finland (d. 1963)
1892 - J. Paul Getty, American oil magnate and billionaire (Getty Oil), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1976)
1899 - Harold Abrahams, British athlete (Olympic gold 100m, silver 4x100m 1924; depicted in film "Chariots of Fire"), born in Bedford, England (d. 1978)
1930 - Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist and short story writer (Girl with Green Eyes, Casualties of Peace), born in Tuamgraney, County Clare, Ireland
1960 - Doug Phelps, American singer (Ky Headhunters - Davy Crockett), born in Leachville, Arkansas

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Famous Deaths

1816 - Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, Bohemian aristocrat and composer, dies at 44
1855 - Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician (b. 1803)
1896 - John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologian and church historian, dies at 67
1952 - Potti Sreeramulu, Indian revolutionary known as the Father of Andhra for conducting a 56 day hunger strike in support of a separate Telugu-speaking state, fasts to death at 51, sparking rioting and 3 days later Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to declare an intention to form Andhra Pradesh state
1953 - Ed Barrow, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1918 Boston Red Sox) and executive (10 x World Series NY Yankees), dies at 85
2009 - Carolyn DeZurik, American country and polka singer and yodeler (The Cackle Sisters; Prairie Ramblers; The Polka Chips), dies at 90

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