• Today in History for 28th February 2019

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    Historical Events

    1904 - Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres

    1950 - "Alive and Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 performances

    1957 - Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory

    1982 - ATandT looses a record $7 BILLION for the fiscal year ending on this day

    2013 - 28 people are killed and 60 are injured after a series of bombings across Baghdad, Iraq

    2016 - Explosion at Severnaya coal mine in Vorkuta, Russia kills 36, including 5 rescuers

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    Famous Birthdays

    1771 - French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter

    1929 - Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Oklahoma City)

    1950 - Ilene Graff, American actress (Marsha-Mr Belvedere), born in Brooklyn, New York

    1958 - Christine Lathan-Brehmer, German DR, 400m runner (Olympic gold 1976)

    1963 - Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist

    1970 - Daniel Handler, American writer, better known as Lemony Snicket

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    Famous Deaths

    1746 - Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660)

    1908 - Pauline Lucca, Austrian operatic soprano, dies at 66

    1968 - Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66

    1991 - Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies

    1999 - William Talbert, American tennis doubles champ (US 1942, 45, 46, 48), dies at 80

    2013 - Bruce Reynolds, English criminal, dies at 81

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