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Today in History for 22nd February 2024
Historical Events
1882 - The Serbian kingdom is refounded.
1906 - Black evangelist William J Seymour arrives in Los Angeles‚ California
1922 - London issues a unilateral declaration of Egyptian independence
1979 - Billy Martin named manager of Oakland A's
2003 - Pakistani pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar bowls the fastest ball recorded in cricket history at 100.2 mph (161.3 km/h)
2014 - Viktor Yanukovych is ousted as President of Ukraine by the parliament following the Euromaidan revolution
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Famous Birthdays
1881 - Joseph B. Ely‚ American politician (d. 1956)
1920 - Del Wood [Adelaide Hazelwood]‚ American country musician‚ born in Nashville‚ Tennessee (d. 1989)
1929 - Rebecca Schull [Wattenberg]‚ American actress (Wings‚ United 93)‚ born in New York City
1949 - Olga Morozova‚ Russian tennis player‚ born in Moscow‚ Soviet Union
1962 - Lenda Murray‚ American body builder (4X Ms Olympia)‚ born in Detroit‚ Michigan
1962 - Mark Arm [McLaughlin]‚ American grunge rock singer-songwriter‚ (Green River; Mudhoney)‚ born at Vandenberg Air Force Base‚ California
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Famous Deaths
1213 - Wibert of Gembloers‚ benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers‚ dies
1849 - Alexander Fesca‚ German pianist and composer‚ dies at 28
1960 - Paul-Émile Borduas‚ Canadian abstract painter‚ dies at 54
1983 - Christina E "Christine" Auwen‚ singer and wife of John Kelly‚ dies at 75
1993 - Pieter A H Bos‚ Dutch lawyer/procureur-general (Aruba)‚ dies at 63
2009 - Günter Kochan‚ German composer‚ dies at 78
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