CoM Moderators Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Historical Events 1596 - -26] Battle at Kerestes: Ottoman beat Austria-Hungary and Germany1656 - Treaty of Vilnius: Russia and Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant1940 - Protestant churches protest against dismissal of Jew civil servants1958 - USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam2012 - Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Jamaica killing 1 person and causing over $50 million in damage2020 - Deadliest shipwreck of the year claims 140 lives on a ship that sank with 200 migrants on board off the coast of SenegalMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1808 - Ernst Richter, German musical theorist and composer, born in Großschönau, Saxony, Germany (d. 1879)1908 - John Alwyne Kitching, British zoologist (d. 1996)1936 - Bill Wyman, English rock and jazz bassist (Rolling Stones, 1962-93 - "Under My Thumb"), born in Lewisham, London1943 - José E. Serrano, American politician (Rep-D-New York), born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico1960 - Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver, born in Waiblingen, West Germany1972 - T. J. Cunningham, American NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks), born in Aurora, Colorado (d. 2019)More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1852 - Daniel Webster, US Secretary of State (1841-43, 1850-52), politician and lawyer, dies at 701931 - Murray Bisset, South African cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 and 1910), dies at 551935 - Abe Landau, American gangster (henchman for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 391938 - Ernst Barlach, German writer and artist, dies at 681996 - Bruce Matthews, Australian newspaper executive who worked for Rupert Murdoch, dies at 712004 - James Cardinal Hickey, American Catholic archbishop (b. 1920)More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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