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 +"[[George Soros]] became instantly famous on [[September 22]], [[1992]], when, believing the [[Pound sterling]] was overvalued, he speculated heavily against it. The [[Bank of England]] was forced to withdraw the currency out of the [[European Exchange Rate Mechanism]], and Soros earned an estimated US$1 billion in the process.
 +He was dubbed "the man who broke the Bank of England."" --Sholem Stein
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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-== Births ==+*[[1869]] - [[Richard Wagner]]'s [[opera]] ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' debuts in [[Munich]].
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 +==Births==
 +*[[1862]] - [[Maurice Barrès]], French writer and provocateur (d. [[1923]])
 +*[[1885]] - [[Erich von Stroheim]], Austrian-born actor (d. [[1957]])
 +*[[1895]] - [[Paul Muni]], Polish-born actor (d. 1967)
 +*[[1940]] - [[Anna Karina]], Danish born actress (d. 2019)
 +*[[1946]] - [[King Sunny Adé]], Nigerian singer
 +*[[1956]] - [[Doug Wimbish]], American bass player
 +*[[1957]] - [[Nick Cave]], Australian musician
 +*[[1964]] - [[Benoît Poelvoorde]], Belgian actor
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== Deaths == == Deaths ==
-== Notes ==+*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Irving Berlin]], Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1888)
 +*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Marcel Marceau]], French actor (b. 1923)
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"George Soros became instantly famous on September 22, 1992, when, believing the Pound sterling was overvalued, he speculated heavily against it. The Bank of England was forced to withdraw the currency out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, and Soros earned an estimated US$1 billion in the process. He was dubbed "the man who broke the Bank of England."" --Sholem Stein

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