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This Day in History

Today in History for 15th July 2013

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Historical Events

1808 – French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples
1971 – Pres Nixon announces he would visit People’s Rep of China
1980 – Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra’s record
1982 – Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
1994 – Gyula Horn sworn in as premier of Hungary
1994 – Sonia O’Sullivan runs 3K (8:21.64)

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Famous Birthdays

1631 – Jens Juel, Danish diplomat (d. 1700)
1929 – Larry Lamb, newspaper editor
1959 – Shep Pettibone, American record producer
1971 – Dean Panaro, Knoxville Tenn, diver (Olympics-96)
1977 – Ray Toro, American musician (My Chemical Romance)
1981 – Alecia Ingram, Knoxville Tenn, gymnast (alt-Olympics-96)

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Famous Deaths

1274 – John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies
1784 – Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies
1933 – Irving Babbitt, US writer (Democracy and Leadership), dies at 67
1957 – Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87
1959 – Vance Palmer, Australian author (b. 1885)
1959 – Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at HistoryOrb.Com – This Day in History

This Day in History

Today in History for 18th April 2013

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Historical Events

1876 – Daniel O’Leary completes a 500 mile walk in 139 hrs 32 min
1934 – 1st andquot;Washateriaandquot; (laundromat) opens (Fort Worth, Tx)
1935 – Gen Sarazen’s double eagle on 15th, wins him his 2nd Masters
1968 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 – Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1991 – Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census

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Famous Birthdays

1857 – Clarence S Darrow, defense attorney at Scopes monkey trial
1912 – John Lapworth Holt, boat Designer
1979 – Michael Bradley, American basketball player
1979 – Anthony Davidson, British Formula One driver
1979 – Nuria Fergó, Spanish singer
1987 – Sandra Lyng Haugen, Norwegian singer

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Famous Deaths

1689 – George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies
1818 – Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59
1871 – Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64
1879 – Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies
1955 – Don Blackie, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1928-29), dies at 46
1990 – Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (b. 1921)

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From: http://www.historyorb.com/day/april/18

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SpaceX recovers cargo capsule control after glitch

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on a second resupply mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida March 1, 2013. REUTERS/Bob Strong

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – A rocket built by Space Exploration Technologies blasted off on Friday on a supply run to the International Space Station, but a thruster problem with the cargo ship will cause it to miss its scheduled Saturday docking, officials said. The 157-foot (48-meter) tall Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo ship lifted off at 10:10 a.m. EST (1510 GMT) from the company's leased launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, just south of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. …

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Yahoo Business