Historical Events
1855 – Michigan State University established
1938 – Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg visits Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden
1949 – “Annie Get Your Gun” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances
1958 – Boston Celtic Bill Russell grabs 41 rebounds to beat Syracuse Nationals, 119-101
1962 – Bus boycott starts in Macon, Georgia
2006 – A powerful winter storm blankets the Northeastern United States dumping 1 to 2 feet of snow from Washington, D.C. up to Boston, Massachusetts. The storm dumped a record 26.9 inches of snow in New York City.
Famous Birthdays
1778 – Franz Joseph Volkert, Austrian composer, conductor and organist, born in Vienna (d. 1845)
1857 – Bobby Peel, English cricket all-rounder (20 Tests, 3 x 50, 101 wickets, BB 7/31; Yorkshire CCC), born in Churwell, England (d. 1941)
1900 – Fred Emney, British actor (Let the People Sing, Adventures of a Private Eye, Lilac Domino), born in London, England (d. 1980)
1924 – Hans Berghuis, Dutch author/poet (3 Women, Adam)
1946 – Ajda Pekkan, Turkish singer and actress, born in Istanbul, Turkey
1965 – Brett Kavanaugh, American judge, born in Washington, D.C.
Famous Deaths
1889 – Andrew Greenwood, English cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 49; Yorkshire CCC), dies from tuberculosis at 41
1896 – Isaac Murphy, American jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
1960 – Bobby Clark, American vaudevillian, clown and actor (in comedy act with Paul McCullough), dies at 71
1973 – Benjamin Frankel, British composer, dies at 67
2005 – Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b. 1964)
2011 – Gino Cimoli, American baseball player, dies at 81