Historical Events
1938 – CFL Grey Cup: In repeat of last year, Toronto Argonauts defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 30-7 to retain Championship
1982 – CDC report on a transfusion recipient who developed AIDS symptoms
1986 – Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
1995 – Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust v Sri Lanka, WACA)
2001 – “The Fellowship of the Ring” Lord of the Rings film directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen premieres in London
2016 – Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature at a ceremony he does not attend in Stockholm
Famous Birthdays
1805 – Joseph Škoda, Bohemian physician, born in Pilsen, Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1881)
1822 – César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (Symphonic Variations), born in Liège, Belgium (d. 1890)
1934 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist (Nobel 1975), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
1951 – Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer (You Made Me Feel I Could Fly), born in Oslo, Norway
1965 – (Joseph) “J” Mascis, American rock singer and guitarist (Dinosaur Jr), born in Amherst, Massachusetts
1972 – Dimitri Tikovoi, French pop, rock, and dance musician and record producer, born in Paris
Famous Deaths
949 – Herman I, Duke of Swabia
1938 – Mario Pilati, Italian composer, dies at 35
1968 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82
1988 – Dick Clair, American comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS
1994 – Robert Blum, Swiss composer, dies at 94
2000 – Marie Windsor [Emily Marie Bertelson], American actress (The Bounty Hunter, Double Deal), dies of congestive heart failure at 80