Historical Events
1837 – American Physiological Society organizes in Boston
1895 – -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)
1899 – -15°F (-26°C), Washington, D.C. (district record)
1908 – Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
1964 – Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington, D.C. Coliseum
1977 – 20.2-kg lobster caught off Nova Scotia (heaviest known crustacean)
Famous Birthdays
1377 – King Ladislas of Naples (d. 1414)
1897 – Yves de La Casiniere, French composer, born in Angers, France (d. 1971)
1908 – Vivian Fuchs, English geologist and explorer (led Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1st to cross Antarctica via South Pole), born in Freshwater, Isle of Wight (d. 1999)
1941 – Glenn Randall Jr, stuntman (Species, Mrs Soffel, Return of the Jedi)
1967 – Derek King, Canadian NHL left wing (NY Islanders), born in Hamilton, Canada
1969 – Mark Atkinson, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman), born in Sydney, Australia
Famous Deaths
1879 – Willem Josephus van Zeggelen, Dutch author, dies at 67
1931 – Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
1982 – Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
1993 – Joy Garrett, American actress (Jo Johnson-Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure at 47
1994 – Sorrell Booke, American actor (Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazard), dies of colorectal cancer at 64
2017 – Harvey Lichtenstein, American head of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, dies at 87