Today in History for 8th March 2023

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Historical Events

1862 - Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, VA CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor
1924 - Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate, Utah
1954 - Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia
1979 - 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Jupiter's satellite Io
1979 - China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam
1986 - 27th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky beats Alabama, 83-72

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Famous Birthdays

1879 - Otto Hahn, German physicist and chemist (Nobel 1944, radiothorium/actinium), born in Frankfurt, Germany (d. 1968)
1889 - Oscar Ewing, US government official (Everybody's Business), born in Greensburg, Indiana (d. 1980)
1892 - Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian party leader and Prime Minister (1952-53), born in Ada, Serbia (d. 1971)
1916 - Robert Wolfgang Schnell, German writer, born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1986)
1920 - Eileen Herlie [Herlihy], Scottish-American actress (All My Children, The Angel with the Trumpet), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2008)
1925 - Darwin Vargas [-Wallis], Chilean composer

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Famous Deaths

1920 - Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69
1971 - Harold Lloyd sr, American silent film actor, comedian, and director (Why Worry, Safety Last!), dies of cancer at 77
1976 - Alfons Rebane, Estonian military commander (b. 1908)
1999 - Hans Eklund, Swedish composer, dies at 71
2006 - Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924)
2021 - Julien-François Zbinden, Swiss jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Monophrases), dies at 103

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