Today in History for 31st May 2012

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Historical Events

1821 - Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st US Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore
1899 - Bronx acquires Keltch Memorial Park
1917 - 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)
1926 - Portuguese president Bernardino Machedo resigns after coup
1950 - Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial
1977 - "Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1902 - Henk Schaer, [Hendricus JM Schaareman], actor/conductor
1919 - Emmanual Tettey Mensah, musician
1950 - Edward Barker, cartoonist
1953 - Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Finnish actor
1960 - Peter Winterbottom, British rugby player
1967 - Kenny Lofton, E Chicago Indiana, outfielder (Cleveland Indians)

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Famous Deaths

1848 - Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (b. 1805)
1931 - Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, French Canadian cardinal, archbishop of Quebec (b. 1866)
1970 - Terry Sawchuk, hockey player (b. 1929)
1994 - Doug Freeman, cricketer (2 Tests of leg-spin for NZ 1933), dies
2006 - Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930)
2010 - Benjamin Lees, American composer (b. 1924)

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Today in History for 31st May 2012

Historical Events

Famous Birthdays

Famous Deaths