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Today in History for 30th April 2024
Historical Events
1506 - Philip of Burgundy and England sign trade agreement
1900 - The &;quot;Hawaiian Organic Act&;quot; is enacted by US Congress making Hawaii a US territory
1944 - NY Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs
1971 - 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Baltimore Bullets in 4 games
1984 - Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game
1985 - &;quot;Shoah&;quot;‚ French documentary about the Holocaust‚ directed by Claude Lanzmann‚ starring Richard Glazar and Raul Hilberg‚ premieres in Paris
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Famous Birthdays
1651 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle‚ French priest and saint of the Catholic Church‚ born in Reims‚ Champagne‚ Kingdom of France (d. 1719)
1723 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson‚ French zoologist and naturalist (Ornithologie)‚ born in Fontenay-le-Comte (d. 1806)
1857 - Eugen Bleuler‚ Swiss psychiatrist (introduced the term schizophrenia to describe the disorder previously known as dementia praecox)‚ born in Zollikon‚ Switzerland (d. 1940)
1858 - Mary Dimmick Harrison‚ US First lady (1889-93) as second wife of the 23rd President Benjamin Harrison‚ born in Honesdale‚ Pennsylvania (d. 1948)
1941 - Johnny Farina‚ American rocker (Santo and Johnny)‚ born in Brooklyn‚ New York
1997 - Ayaan Chawla‚ Indian entrepreneur
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Famous Deaths
1630 - Ercole Porta‚ Italian composer‚ dies at 44
1792 - John Montagu‚ 4th Earl of Sandwich‚ British statesman who claimed to have invented the sandwich‚ dies at 73
1792 - Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth‚ composer and lawyer‚ dies at 36
1926 - Bessie Coleman‚ American aviator and 1st African-American woman and Native American to hold a pilot license‚ dies in a plane crash at 34
1983 - Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield]‚ American blues singer and guitarist (&;quot;Mannish Boy&;quot;; &;quot;Got My Mojo Working&;quot;)‚ dies of heart failure‚ while fighting cancer‚ at 70
2006 - Lawrence Patrick‚ Biomechanics Professor‚ crash test subject
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