Today in History for 11th April 2023

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Historical Events

1612 - Last public burning at the stake in England - Edward Wrightman for heresy in Lichfield
1895 - Anaheim completes its new electric light system
1936 - First Butlins holiday camp opens in the UK at Ingoldmells, near Skegness
1968 - W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1992 - BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence
2015 - Amy Schumer hosts the 2015 MTV Movie Awards

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Famous Birthdays

1854 - Hugh Massie, Australian cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests; NSW), born in Port Fairy, Australia (d. 1938)
1913 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), born in Paris, France (d. 2006)
1933 - Tony Brown, American journalist (Tony Brown's Journal), born in Charleston, West Virginia
1960 - Jeremy Clarkson, English motoring journalist, broadcaster and TV presenter (Top Gear, The Grand Tour), born in Doncaster, England
1969 - Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer, born in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
1979 - Josh Server, American actor (All That), born in Highland Park, Illinois

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Famous Deaths

1902 - General Jacobus Potgieter, South African Boer commander, dies in Second Boer War Battle of Rooiwal, South African Republic
1921 - Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia, wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 62
1934 - John Collier, English painter (Lady Godiva) and writer, dies at 84
1980 - Charlotte Henry, American actress (Alice in Wonderland; Babes In Toyland; Jungle Menace), dies of cancer at 66
2006 - Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), shot to death in billiard game dispute at 32
2019 - Frances Swem Anderson, American technologist (nuclear medicine), dies at 105

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