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1842 – The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Born Person description occupation position held country of citizenship given name 2009-12-18 Eva Emilova: Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast rhythmic gymnast: 2008-12-18 Gui Khury: Brazilian skateboarder athletics competitor skateboarder: Brazil: 2006-12-18 Malia Baker: Canadian actress actor YouTuber model: Canada: Malia: 2006-12-18 Mio Narita ...
528 – Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice. [1]561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.
Google's birthday was actually on September 7, which is the day when the company was incorporated, but since 2005 they changed the date to September 27. Today in History: Birthday of the Google ...
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1983 – Paul de Man, Belgian-born philosopher, literary critic and theorist (b. 1919) 1988 – Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907) 1992 – Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901) [67] 1992 – Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
1963 – John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884) 1964 – Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879) 1965 – Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887) 1967 – Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882) 1967 – Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892) 1969 – Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
1953 – The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax. 1954 – People's Action Party, an eventual dominative political party in Singapore, was established. [6]