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Historical Events

1899 – -39°F (-39°C), Milligan, Ohio (state lowest record temperature)
1931 – Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s musical “America’s Sweetheart” premieres on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre, NYC
1959 – Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes “Lonely, but not alone”
1971 – American Mensa Ltd incorporates in New York
1981 – 33rd NHL All-Star Game, The Forum, Inglewood: Campbell Conference beats Wales Conference, 4-1; MVP: Mike Liut, St. Louis Blues, G
2014 – Canadian short track speed skater Charles Hamelin wins his 3rd career Olympic gold medal in the 1,500m in Sochi; Vancouver (2010) 500m and 5,000m relay champion

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Famous Birthdays

1696 – Johann Melchior Molter, German composer, born in Tiefenort, Thuringia (now Germany) (d. 1765)
1846 – Mildred Childe Lee, American favourite daughter of confederate General Robert E. Lee, born at Arlington Plantation, Virginia (d. 1905)
1888 – Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian poet (Hermeticism) and journalist, born in Alexandria (d. 1970)
1894 – Roy D’Arcy [Roy Giusti], American actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1969)
1913 – Ragnhild Marie Hatton, Norwegian historian, born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1995)
1918 – Gordon Pirie, English Group Captain and politician, born in Oxford (d. 2003)

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Famous Deaths

1543 – Johann Eck, German Scholastic theologian and early counter-reformer against Lutheran challenges, dies a 56
1836 – Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, French chemist (worked with husband Antoine Lavoisier), dies at 78
1927 – Laura Netzel (née Pistolekors), Finnish-Swedish pianist, composer, concert organizer, and humanitarian, dies at 87
1987 – Sadequain, Pakistani artist, painter, calligrapher and artist, dies at 56
1995 – Paul Monette, American writer, dies of AIDS at 49
2001 – Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show; Book of Love), dies at 65

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Historical Events

1922 – Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
1935 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
1953 – WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
1960 – AFL and NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact
1990 – Namibia’s constitution ratified
2006 – 56th Berlin International Film Festival: “Grbavica” wins the Golden Bear

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Famous Birthdays

1909 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese vocalist and actress (Copacabana; Date With Judy), born in Marco de Canavezes, Portugal (d. 1955)
1914 – Ralph Herman, American Emmy Award-winning composer (From the Scriptures; Circus Time), orchestra leader, and music director (ABC-TV, 1952-71), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1994)
1927 – Joe Maneri, American jazz composer, saxophone and clarinet player (Boston Microtonal Society), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2009)
1954 – Christopher Gardner, American entrepreneur
1971 – Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer
1997 – Catie Waters, American jazz and RandB singer-songwriter, born in Fayetteville, Arkansas

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Famous Deaths

1875 – Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion (1866), dies at 28
1964 – Willie Bryant, American jazz singer, bandleader, and disc jockey (Sugar Hill Times), dies of a heart attack at 55
2000 – Beau Jack, American boxer (NYSAC world lightweight champion 1942-44), dies of complications from Parkinson’s disease at 78
2001 – Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1978; Turing Award, 1975), dies at 84
2001 – Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2009 – Vic Lewis, British jazz guitarist, bandleader, composer, and artist manager (NEMS), and cricket club owner, dies at 89

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Historical Events

1750 – Minor earthquake in London
1776 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s play “Stella” premieres in Hamburg
1923 – Coal mine explosion at Dawson, New Mexico kills 120
1940 – Lodtz, 1st large ghetto established by Nazis in Poland
1963 – AFL’s Dallas Texans become KC Chiefs
1971 – Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ

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Famous Birthdays

1810 – Norbert Burgmüller, German composer, born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1836)
1817 – Richard S. Ewell, US Army officer and Confederate General (Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House), born in Georgetown, Washington D.C. (d. 1872)
1888 – Edith Evans, British actress (Tom Jones, David Copperfield), born in London, England (d. 1976)
1937 – David Montgomery, American born photographer known for his images of the 1960s, born in Brooklyn, New York
1943 – José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado, Brazilian composer, born in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2010)
1989 – Julio Jones, American football receiver (First-team All-Pro 2015, 16; 7 × Pro Bowl; Atlanta Falcons), born in Foley, Alabama

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Famous Deaths

1623 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician, dies at 80
1942 – Fritz Todt, German construction engineer, Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions Reichs minister and Head of the Organization Todt, dies in a plane crash at 50
2015 – Filipe Pires, Portuguese pianist, composer (Portugaliae Genesis), and educator, dies at 81
2021 – Mary Wilson, American pop vocalist (Supremes – “Where Did Our Love Go?”), dies at 76
2023 – Charlie Faulkner, Welsh rugby union prop (19 Tests Wales; British and Irish Lions 1977; Pontypool RFC, Barbarian FC) and coach (Newport RFC), dies at 81
2023 – Burt Bacharach, American Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer (“I’ll Never Fall in Love Again”; “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”; “Promises, Promises”), dies at 94

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Historical Events

1653 – Nicolas Fouquet appointed France’s Superintendent of Finances
1908 – Philadelphia Athletics’ manager and owner Connie Mack sells future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000
1934 – 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Mississippi
1950 – Georges Bidault forms French government
1969 – Al-Fatah-leader Yasser Arafat becomes president of PLO
2021 – Super Bowl LV, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL: Tampa Bay Buccaneers dominate defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9; MVP: Tom Brady, TB Bucs, QB; Brady’s record 7th SB win

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Famous Birthdays

1825 – Cristóbal Oudrid, Spanish pianist, conductor, and orchestral and zarzuela composer (Rondeña; El molinero de Subiza), born in Badajoz, Spain (d. 1877)
1878 – Ossip Gabrilovich, Russian-American pianist, conductor (Detroit Symphony, 1918-36), and composer, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1936)
1923 – Martha Holmes, American photographer (d. 2006)
1958 – Michele Drake, playmate (May, 1979), born in La Jolla, California
1978 – Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Nigerian Nollywood actress, born in Lagos
1979 – Daniel Bierofka, German football player and coach, born in Munich, West Germany

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Famous Deaths

1820 – Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer, dies at 57
1964 – Lillian Copeland, US discus thrower (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 59
1990 – Nathan Wartels, American publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia
2020 – Steve Weber, American psychedelic folk guitarist, (The Holy Modal Rounders – “Bird Song”; “You’ve Got the Right String but the Wrong Yo-Yo”),dies at 76
2020 – Li Wenliang, Chinese doctor who tried to raise the alarm over COVID-19, dies of COVID-19 in Wuhan at 34
2021 – Elliot Mazer, American audio engineer and record producer (Chubby Checker; Neil Young), dies of a heart attack at 71

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