Today in History for 31st August 2022

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Historical Events

1310 - German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia
1940 - German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap rationing
1940 - US National Guard assembles
1987 - Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385)
1990 - Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season
2017 - Indications that Neanderthals were the first to make glue out of tar strengthened by research published in "Scientific Reports"

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Famous Birthdays

1884 - George Al Sarton, Belgian-American chemist and historian, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1956)
1895 - Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer
1905 - Sal Tas, Dutch journalist and CIA agent (Het Parool) [or 1897]
1941 - Emanuel Nunes, Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2012)
1975 - James Black, Canadian singer-songwriter (Finger Eleven), born in Ontario, Canada
1977 - Jeff Hardy, American professional wrestler

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Famous Deaths

1864 - Ferdinand Lassalle, French socialist and political activist (Allgemeiner), dies at 39
1869 - Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827)
1948 - Andrei A Zjdanov, Russian politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52
1985 - Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist (Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for tissue grafting), dies at 85
1995 - Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73
1996 - David Pollock, Viscount Hanworth, British barrister, dies at 80

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