Today in History for 23rd September 2022

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Historical Events

1889 - Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda

1961 - 1st movie to become a TV series, "How to Marry a Millionaire" premieres

1979 - Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC

1982 - Amin Gemayel sworn in as President of Lebanon

2019 - US police officer fired after arresting two six-year-olds at a school on charges of misdemeanour battery in Florida

2020 - President Donald Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the US November election at a White House press conference

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Famous Birthdays

1895 - Miron Merzhanov, Soviet architect (d. 1975)

1920 - Gerard W Taylor, South African/British surgeon

1934 - John Mortimore, English soccer defender (Chelsea 249 games) and manager (Portsmouth, Benfica, Real Betis), born in Farnborough, England (d. 2021)

1975 - Jaime Bergman, American model and actress

1977 - Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player

1979 - Red, rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Los Angeles, California

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Famous Deaths

1974 - Robbie Mcintosh, Scottish drummer (Average White Band), overdoses at 24

1987 - Louis Kentner, Hungarian-British pianist and composer, dies at 87

1994 - Dalton Reed, American soul singer, dies of heart failure at 42

1994 - Alec Dickson, founder of VSO, dies at 80

1997 - Abe Gibron, head coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 72

2002 - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan pioneer radio broadcaster, died at 75

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