Today in History for 14th July 2022

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Historical Events

1570 - Pope Pius V introduces a standardised Roman Missal (text of the Latin mass), a reform of the Council of Trent. Will remain unchanged for 400 years.
1977 - US House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
1981 - Kevin Wade's "Key Exchange," premieres in London
1988 - WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive
1988 - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
1992 - Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery

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Famous Birthdays

1913 - Fritz Erler, German socialist politician (SDP), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1967)
1926 - Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, (Lucky:Alien; Cool Hand Luke; The Godfather Part II), musician, and singer, born in West Irvine, Kentucky (d. 2017)
1952 - Bob Casale, AKA Bob 2, American Musician (Devo), (d. 2014)
1971 - Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian pop singer, born in Montreal, Quebec
1971 - Joey Styles, American wrestling commentator (WWE), born in The Bronx, New York
1971 - Bubba Ray Dudley [Mark LoMonaco], American professional wrestler (WWF, WWE), born in New York City

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Famous Deaths

664 - Deusdedit of Canterbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (655-664), 1st Anglo Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury
1790 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal, dies at 73
1930 - William Hare Ashley, South African cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies at 68
1984 - Ernest Tidyman, American writer (b. 1928)
2003 - Éva Janikovszky, Hungarian novelist (b. 1926)
2021 - Jeff Labar, American glam rock guitarist (Cinderella, 1985-2014 - "Nobody's Fool"; "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)"), dies at 58

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[mike carey]

One rather significant event seems to be missing from the headline historical events list.

[+ FrankR]

3 hours ago, mike carey said:

One rather significant event seems to be missing from the headline historical events list.

Do you mean Bastille day? Or the delightful confluence of events where today is National Nude day AND National Tape Measure day? (Coincidence? I don’t think so!!) 😆

Edited July 14, 2022 by FrankR

[mike carey]

42 minutes ago, FrankR said:

Do you mean Bastille day? Or the weird confluence of events where today is National Nude day AND National Tape Measure day? (Coincidence? I don’t think so!!) 😆

I could not possibly comment on which of these two important issues I was referring to!