Today in History for 13th September 2015

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Historical Events

1663 - 1st serious slave conspiracy in colonial America (Virginia)
1930 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 20,000m (1:04:38.4)
1949 - Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC
1971 - Two North Ireland Loyalists are mortally injured when the bomb they were preparing exploded prematurely in a house in Bann Street, Belfast

1974 - 1st broadcast of "The Rockford Files" on NBC-TV
1997 - Katherine Shindle (Ill), 24, crowned 71st Miss America 1998
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Famous Birthdays

1087 - John II Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1143)
1520 - William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier
1965 - Zak Starkey, English rock drummer, son of Beatle Ringo, born in London, England
1966 - Igor Kravchuk, Ufa Russia, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, St Louis)
1973 - Marcelinho Paulista, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
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Famous Deaths

1881 - Ambrose Everett Burnside, US Union general, dies at 57
1946 - Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter (b. 1875)
1969 - Charles Foulkes, Canada gen/honorary citizen of Wageningen, dies at 66
1991 - Joe Pasternak, producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson's at 73
1991 - Ferry Barendse, trumpeter/composer/arranger (Ramblers), dies
1994 - Pieter Zaanen, architect (Musical Trade scholarship, Amsterdam), dies
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