Today in History for 17th October 2022:
Historical Events
1556 – Ex-emperor Karel departs Netherland for Spain
1970 – Anwar Sadat sworn in as the 3rd President of Egypt
1971 – It is estimated today that approximately 16,000 households were withholding rent and rates for council houses as part of the campaign of civil disobedience against internment organised by the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Northern Ireland
1972 – Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-a-Lng,” is #1
1981 – Brazilian Nelson Piquet driving for Brabham finishes 5th in the season ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 1 point from Carlos Reutemann
1991 – MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3
Famous Birthdays
1875 – Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer (Yes and No!)
1946 – Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter/actor (Olympic gold 1968, “Soap”), born in Pomona California
1948 – George Wendt, American actor (Norm in Cheers), born in Chicago, Illinois
1958 – Alan Jackson, American country singer (Here in the Real World), born in Newnan, Georgia
1969 – Wood Harris, American actor
1972 – Joe McEwing, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1705 – Anne “Ninon” de l’Enclos, French patron of the arts, courtesan and writer, dies at 84
1909 – Nicola Spinelli, Italian composer, dies at 44
1944 – Pavel Haas, Czech Jewish composer, murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp at 45 (b. 1899)
1979 – Karel Reiner, Czech pianist, composer, and Theresienstadt concentration camp survivor, dies at 69
2008 – Levi Stubbs [Stubbles], American baritone singer (The Four Tops – “It’s the Same Old Song”; “Standing In The Shadows of Love”), dies at 72
2017 – Ingvar Lidholm, Swedish composer (Toccata e Canto), dies at 95