Today in History for 9th March 2023

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Historical Events

1230 - Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa
1496 - Jews are expelled from Carintha, Austria
1947 - US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1959 - The Coasters' single "Charlie Brown" peaks at #2 on the Billboard Top 100
1977 - Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche
2006 - Liquid water is discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn

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Famous Birthdays

1911 - Ramon Campbell Batista, Chilean physician, composer, and ethno-musicologist (traditional music of the Rapanui people), born in Quilpué, Chile (d. 2000)
1934 - Jim Landis, American MLB outfielder, 1957-67, 5X Gold Glove, 2X All-Star (Chicago White Sox, and 5 other teams), born in Fresno, California (d. 2017)
1952 - Ekkehard Fasser, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold, four-man 1988; World C'ship gold 1983; World Cup champion 1985-86), born in Glarus, Switzerland (d. 2021)
1960 - Linda Fiorentino, American actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977 - Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey left wing (World C'ship gold 1999, 2001, 05; Florida Panthers, NY Rangers), born in Tábor, Czech Republic
1983 - Clint Dempsey, American footballer, born in Nacogdoches, Texas

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Famous Deaths

1688 - Claude Mellan, French engraver, cartoonist and painter, dies at 89
1709 - Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat, dies at 70
1851 - Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (discovered electromagnetism), dies at 73
1975 - Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82
1992 - Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel (1977-80, 81-83) and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies of a heart attack at 85
2020 - Lorenzo Brino, American actor (7th Heaven - "Sam"), dies in single vehicle car crash at 21

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