Today in History for 3rd February 2023

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Historical Events

1809 - Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin)
1894 - 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched at Bath, Maine
1916 - Tristan Tzara publishes the Dada manifesto in Zurich, Switzerland
1929 - Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam
1975 - Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1982 - Columbia Shuttle moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for mating for STS-3 mission

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Famous Birthdays

1736 - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist and composer (trained Beethoven), born in Klosterneuburg Austria-Hungary (d. 1809)
1824 - George Thomas "Tige" Anderson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Covington, Georgia (d. 1901)
1824 - Ranald MacDonald, Canadian-born Scottish educator and interpreter (d. 1894)
1919 - (Eugene) "Snooky" Young, American jazz trumpeter who mastered the plunger mute, born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2011)
1959 - Molly Killingbeck, Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic silver 1984)
1971 - Eric Owens, Danville VA, outfielder (Cincinnati Reds)

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Famous Deaths

1116 - King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)
1919 - Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Bavaria, dies at 69
1979 - Jody Gilbert, American actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies at 62
2009 - Max Neuhaus, American classical musician and experimental percussionist (sound sculptures), dies of cancer at 69
2015 - William Thomas McKinley, American composer and jazz pianist, dies at 76
2018 - Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, American pop, funk and jazz session and touring drummer, (Michael Jackson -"Billie Jean"; George Duke; Herbie Hancock), composer, and producer, dies of prostate cancer at 65

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