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Today in History for 6th June 2020

Jun 05, 2020

1716 - French transport the 1st African slaves to Louisiana
1882 - Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay, India) drowns 100,000 (disputed event)
1975 - Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
1983 - Li Xiannian becomes President of the People's Republic of China and Deng Xiaoping the supreme commander
1992 - 124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26
2017 - Korean singer T.O.P is rushed to hospital after a suspected overdose while serving mandatory military service

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1819 - William Howard Glover, English composer, born in London, England (d. 1875)
1896 - Henry Allingham, British supercentenarian and World War I veteran, born in Clapton, London (d. 2009)
1909 - Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-British philosopher, born in Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire (d. 1997)
1919 - Charles Pringle, British air marshal, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2012)
1963 - Vladimir Ruzicka, hockey forward (Team Czech Olympic gold 1998)
1967 - Paul Giamatti, American actor

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1891 - John A. Macdonald, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (1867-73 and 1878-91), dies of a stroke at 76
1994 - Willie Humphrey, American jazz clarinetist, dies at 93
1996 - Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer, dies at 70
2002 - Robbin Crosby, American heavy metal rock guitarist and vocalist (Ratt-Round and Round), dies at 42
2003 - Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944)
2013 - Tom Sharpe, British satirist and author, dies from complications from diabetes at 85

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