Today in History for 10th February 2023

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Historical Events

1535 - 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
1882 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Snyegurochka" premieres in St Petersburg
1927 - US President Calvin Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference
1962 - Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
2014 - German alpine skier Maria Höfl-Riesch retains her Olympic combined title (Vancouver 2010) when she Nicole Hosp beats of Austria by 0.4s
2019 - 72nd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): "Roma" Best Film, Alfonso Cuarón Best Director, Olivia Coleman, Rami Malek best actors

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Famous Birthdays

1741 - Franz Adam Veichtner, German violinist and composer, baptized in Regensburg, Bavaria (d. 1822)
1927 - Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal
1940 - Peter Middleton, CEO (Lloyd's)
1961 - Eva Pfaff, German tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1982 runner-up), born in Königstein im Taunus, Germany
1970 - Nobushige Kumakubo, Japanese racing driver, born in Fukushima, Japan
1981 - Holly Willoughby, British TV presenter, born in Brighton, United Kingdom

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Famous Deaths

1774 - Florian Leopold Gassmann, Bohemian composer, dies at 44
1836 - Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, French chemist (worked with husband Antoine Lavoisier), dies at 78
1918 - Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909), dies at 75
1993 - Fred Hollows, New Zealand ophthalmologist (b. 1929)
2007 - Ned Austin, American character actor (b. 1925)
2022 - Nikolai Manoshin, Russian soccer midfielder (8 caps; FC Torpedo Moscow, CSKA Moscow) and manager (Somalia, Yemen, Mali), dies at 83

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