• Today in History for 28th December 2018

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    Historical Events

    1944 - Leonard Bernstein's musical "On the Town" premieres in NYC

    1963 - "Double Dublin" closes at Little Theater NYC after 4 performances

    1984 - Rajiv Gandhi's Congress party wins election in India

    1987 - In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 2, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover Ark

    1989 - Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die

    2015 - Japan and South Korea reach agreement over WWII "comfort women", Japan apologies and pays 1bn yen compensation

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    Famous Birthdays

    1805 - Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer

    1921 - Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist

    1922 - Nyron Sultan Asgarali, cricketer (West Indian opening bat 1957)

    1931 - Georg "Org" Marais, South African economist/underminister of Finance

    1938 - Bruce Yarnell, American actor (Outlaws), born in Los Angeles, California
    (d. 1973)

    1982 - Cedric Benson, American football player, born in Midland, Texas

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    Famous Deaths

    1673 - Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77

    1795 - Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist (b. 1747)

    1862 - Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54

    1948 - Mahmud Nokrashy Pasha, PM of Egypt (19..-48), assassinated

    1959 - Ante Pavelić, Croatian leader of Nazi Germany puppet Independent State of Croatia, dies from wounds received in an attempted assassination two years earlier at 70

    2001 - Samuel A. Goldblith, American food scientist (b. 1919)

    More Famous Deaths ¯

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