Historical Events
1535 – 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets
1882 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “Snyegurochka” premieres in St Petersburg
1927 – US President Calvin Coolidge asks for 2nd disarmament conference
1962 – Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA
2014 – German alpine skier Maria Höfl-Riesch retains her Olympic combined title (Vancouver 2010) when she Nicole Hosp beats of Austria by 0.4s
2019 – 72nd British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs): “Roma” Best Film, Alfonso Cuarón Best Director, Olivia Coleman, Rami Malek best actors
Famous Birthdays
1741 – Franz Adam Veichtner, German violinist and composer, baptized in Regensburg, Bavaria (d. 1822)
1927 – Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal
1940 – Peter Middleton, CEO (Lloyd’s)
1961 – Eva Pfaff, German tennis player (Australian Open doubles 1982 runner-up), born in Königstein im Taunus, Germany
1970 – Nobushige Kumakubo, Japanese racing driver, born in Fukushima, Japan
1981 – Holly Willoughby, British TV presenter, born in Brighton, United Kingdom
Famous Deaths
1774 – Florian Leopold Gassmann, Bohemian composer, dies at 44
1836 – Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, French chemist (worked with husband Antoine Lavoisier), dies at 78
1918 – Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909), dies at 75
1993 – Fred Hollows, New Zealand ophthalmologist (b. 1929)
2007 – Ned Austin, American character actor (b. 1925)
2022 – Nikolai Manoshin, Russian soccer midfielder (8 caps; FC Torpedo Moscow, CSKA Moscow) and manager (Somalia, Yemen, Mali), dies at 83