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Today in History for Oct. 8: On this date: In 1354, Italian revolutionary Cola di Rienzi was murdered. In 1642, Jeanne Mance established the first hospital in Montreal, the Hotel-Dieu. In 1871, a huge fire destroyed the heart of Chicago.

Today in History for Oct. 7: On this date, In 1663, Jean Baptiste Le Gardeur de Repentigny was chosen as the first mayor of Quebec. In 1737, iron was first smelted in Canada, at St-Maurice, Que.

Today in History for Oct. 6: On this date: In 1520, German reformer Martin Luther published his Prelude on the Babylonian Captivity of the Church, his famous writing which attacked the entire sacramental system of the Catholic Church.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 27: Actress Kathleen Nolan is 91. Actor Claude Jarman Jr. is 90. Memphis singer-guitarist-saxophonist Don Nix is 83. Singer-guitarist Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 81. Actress Liz Torres is 77.

Today in Music History for Sept. 27: In 1920, Canadian impresario Louis-Honore Bourdon presented Enrico Caruso at the Mount Royal Arena in Montreal.

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Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 26: Actor Jonathan Goldsmith is 86. Country singer David Frizzell is 83. Actor Kent McCord ("Adam 12") is 82. Singer Bryan Ferry is 79. Actress Mary Beth Hurt is 78. Actor James Keane is 72.

Today in Music History for Sept. 26: In 1887, Emile Berliner filed a patent application for the gramophone. This recording device used zinc discs instead of the metal cylinders of Thomas Edison's phonograph, which was patented 10 years earlier.

Today in History for Sept. 26: On this date: In 1751, some 1,000 immigrants from Wurtemberg, Germany, arrived in Halifax, N.S. In 1774, American pioneer environmentalist Jonathan Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 25: Polka band leader Jimmy Sturr is 83. Actor Robert Walden ("Lou Grant") is 81. Actor Josh Taylor is 81. Gary (Jules) Alexander of The Association is 81. Actor-producer Michael Douglas is 80.