CoM Moderators Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Historical Events 1960 - Australian driver Jack Brabham clinches his second consecutive F1 World Drivers Championship by winning the Portuguese Grand Prix at Boavista1967 - Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air1990 - Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise2008 - A popular Chinese 1-2 in the 200m butterfly at the Beijing Olympics with Liu Zige swimming world record 2:04.18 to beat teammate Jiao Liuyang2018 - Italy's Morandi Bridge collapses in Genoa, taking 30 vehicles with it and killing 432021 - Calder Fire, near Lake Tahoe, begins in California, goes on to destroy 1000 structures and over 218,000 acresMore Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1552 - Paolo Sarpi, Italian church historian and statesman, born in Venice (d. 1623)1882 - Gisela Richter, English art historian, born in London (d. 1972)1937 - Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer and British welterweight champion (1960-1964), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2012)1946 - Marga van Praag, Dutch radio hostess, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands1960 - Cecilia Gasdia, Italian soprano, born in Verona, Italy1983 - Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-British tennis player, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 2014)More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1928 - Klabund [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk, Rasputin), dies at 371961 - Guido Alberto Fano, Italian composer and pianist, dies at 861972 - Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse], French actor (Eyes Without a Face, Children of Paradise), dies from a heart attack at 661996 - Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1945-57; Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96), and educator, dies at 842008 - Lita Roza, British singer ("How Much is That Doggie in the Window"), dies at 822021 - R. Murray Schafer, Canadian composer (Patria), music educator, and environmentalist, dies of complications Alzheimer's disease at 88More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 11 hours ago, CoM Moderators said: Historical Events 1960 - Australian driver Jack Brabham clinches his second consecutive F1 World Drivers Championship by winning the Portuguese Grand Prix at Boavista1967 - Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air1990 - Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise2008 - A popular Chinese 1-2 in the 200m butterfly at the Beijing Olympics with Liu Zige swimming world record 2:04.18 to beat teammate Jiao Liuyang2018 - Italy's Morandi Bridge collapses in Genoa, taking 30 vehicles with it and killing 432021 - Calder Fire, near Lake Tahoe, begins in California, goes on to destroy 1000 structures and over 218,000 acres More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1552 - Paolo Sarpi, Italian church historian and statesman, born in Venice (d. 1623)1882 - Gisela Richter, English art historian, born in London (d. 1972)1937 - Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer and British welterweight champion (1960-1964), born in Swansea, Wales (d. 2012)1946 - Marga van Praag, Dutch radio hostess, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands1960 - Cecilia Gasdia, Italian soprano, born in Verona, Italy1983 - Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-British tennis player, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 2014) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1928 - Klabund [Alfred Henschke], German writer (Spuk, Rasputin), dies at 371961 - Guido Alberto Fano, Italian composer and pianist, dies at 861972 - Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse], French actor (Eyes Without a Face, Children of Paradise), dies from a heart attack at 661996 - Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor (Berlin Philharmonic, 1945-57; Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96), and educator, dies at 842008 - Lita Roza, British singer ("How Much is That Doggie in the Window"), dies at 822021 - R. Murray Schafer, Canadian composer (Patria), music educator, and environmentalist, dies of complications Alzheimer's disease at 88 More Famous Deaths » How could they leave out......?: 1968 - Charlie and his spouse meet for the first time in Provincetown, MA (55th anniversary) KeepItReal and JourneysEnd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 16 hours ago, Charlie said: How could they leave out......?: 1968 - Charlie and his spouse meet for the first time in Provincetown, MA (55th anniversary) I'm truly shocked at this omission! Happy anniversary! + Charlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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