Today in History for 16th March 2023

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Historical Events

1190 - York (England) Pogrom: Jews seek refuge in Clifford's Tower, which is then besieged by a mob; about 150 people are massacred or commit suicide rather than submit to Christian baptism
1911 - Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Port Arthur Bearcats (ON), 13-4
1919 - Frank Wedekind's play "Elius Erweckung" premieres in Hamburg
1966 - Man From Uncle star David McCallum receives huge welcome in London
1976 - British Prime Minister Harold Wilson announces his resignation
2003 - 50th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #12 Duke beats NC State, 84-77

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Famous Birthdays

1849 - James E. Smith, American minister and "oldest new father known to medicine" at 102 with a woman 64 years younger, born in Williamsburg, Virginia
1920 - Traudl Junge, German secretary to Adolf Hitler, born in Munich (d. 2002)
1924 - Beryl Davis, British-American cabaret and big band singer (Quintette du Hot Club de France, Glenn Miller's US Army Air Force Orchestra), born Plymouth, England (d. 2011)
1937 - Amos Tversky, Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist, born in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine (d. 1996)
1937 - David Del Tredici, American pianist, Neo-Romantic composer, and 1980 Pulitzer winner (In Memory of a Summer Day), born in Cloverdale, California
1954 - Nancy Wilson, rock guitarist (Heart - "Baracuda"; "What About Love"), born in San Francisco, California

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Famous Deaths

1037 - Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen
1835 - Charles Farquharson, Scottish-born slave plantation owner in the Bahamas (wrote Farquharson’s Journal - only plantation journal to survive), dies at 74
1914 - Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
1956 - Joseph John Richards, American composer, dies at 77
1974 - Daniel Frank Gerber, American manufacturer of baby food, dies at 75
1993 - Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered

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