Today in History for 23rd November 2016:
Historical Events
1885 – Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united
1890 – General elections in Italy.
1923 – Germany’s Stresemann government falls to SPD
1942 – Japans bombing of Port Darwin, Australia
1985 – 58 die as Egyptian commandos storm hijack Egyptair jet in Malta
1998 – Agreement between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and his rival, prince Norodom Ranariddh.
Famous Birthdays
1914 – Roger Avon, Durham actor (d. 1998)
1934 – Robert Towne, producer/screenwriter (Chinatown)
1948 – Bruce Vilanch, American comedy writer
1959 – Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982)
1964 – Boyd Kestner, actor (Outsiders)
1976 – Page Kennedy, American actor
Famous Deaths
1937 – Louis Victor Saar, composer, dies at 68
1952 – Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet, dies at 59
1967 – Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies
1982 – “Reverend” Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47
1994 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (Boyce and Hart, Monkees), commits suicide at 55
2011 – Jim Rathmann, 1960 Indianapolis 500 winner, dies at 83