Today in History for 4th September 2022

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Historical Events

1282 - King of Aragon Pedro III annexes Sicily
1940 - CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
1957 - Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to prevent 9 black students from entering a Little Rock's Central High School
1993 - Mats Wilander beats fellow Swede Mikael Pernfors in a US Open marathon 7-6, 3-6, 1-6, 7-6, 6-4 in 4 hours, 1 minute; match ends at 2:26am
1994 - Bulgarian government of Lyuben Berov falls
1995 - Cult TV series "Xena: Warrior Princess" starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor debuts in the US

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Famous Birthdays

1853 - Hermann Wissmann, German African explorer and governor of East-Africa, born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1905)
1913 - Stanford Moore, American biochemist (Nobel 1977), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1982)
1916 - Robert A. W. Lowndes, American sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet) (d. 1988)
1949 - Dado Topić, Croatian musician (Time; Dragonfly), born in Nova Gradiška, Croatia
1967 - Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests), born in Christchurch, Canterbury
1970 - Luis Lopez, Puerto Rican baseball infielder (San Diego Padres), born in Cidra, Puerto Rico

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Famous Deaths

1916 - José Echegaray, Spanish politician and dramatist (Nobel Prize for Literature 1904), dies at 84
1994 - Louis Myers, American blues guitarist and harmonica player, dies at 64
1997 - Natko Devčić, Croatian composer, dies at 83
2007 - John Scott, Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish peer, then largest landowner in Scotland, 1st MP in a wheelchair, dies at 83
2009 - Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB), dies at 79
2020 - Gary Peacock, American jazz bassist (Keith Jarrett Trio), dies at 85

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