Today in History for 19th June 2013

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Historical Events

1932 - 1st concert given in SF's Stern Grove
1936 - Dutch Premier Colijn denies relation with German call-girl
1942 - Paul Waner, is 7th to get 3,000 baseball hits
1963 - Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth
1987 - Supreme Court rules school teaching evolution need not teach creation
1988 - Namphy takes control of Haitian government

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Famous Birthdays

1933 - Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11)
1940 - Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, drag racer (1st woman Top Fuel champ)
1948 - Phylicia Rashad, Houston, Texas, American actress and singer (The Cosby Show, One Life to Live)
1972 - Andre Strode, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
1978 - Zoe Saldana, Passaic, New Jersey, American actress (Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
1987 - Rashard Mendenhall, American football player

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Famous Deaths

1805 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)
1822 - John Bray, composer, dies on 40th birthday
1837 - Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle
1915 - Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev, Russian composer (Oresteia), dies at 58
1947 - Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84
1994 - Christopher Clarkson, test Pilot, dies at 92

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Today in History for 19th June 2013

Historical Events

Famous Birthdays

Famous Deaths