Historical Events
1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England on a circumnavigation of the world
1642 – Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sights the South Island of present day New Zealand; initially he calls it Staten Landt and changes it a year later to Nieuw Zeeland
1936 – National Football League Championship, Polo Grounds, NYC: Green Bay Packers beat Boston Redskins, 21-6; Packers 4th title
1977 – 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash
1987 – Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) loses parliamentary election
2007 – The Mitchell Report is publicly released listing the names of 89 Major League Baseball players that have presumably used anabolic steroids and human growth hormones. Notable players named include Roger Clemens and Miguel Tejada.
Famous Birthdays
1860 – Lucien Guitry, French actor (La Dame aux camélias), born in Paris, France (d. 1925)
1886 – Lambertus Johannes van Apeldoorn, Dutch lawyer (martial law), born in IJlst, Netherlands (d. 1979)
1917 – Dave Street [Patrick Devlin], American actor and singer (Moonrise, I Surrender Dear, Broadway Open House), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1971)
1948 – Ted Nugent, American guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees) and right-wing gun advocate,, born in Detroit, Michigan
1962 – Kendra Slawinski, English netball player
1965 – Marko Mäetamm, Estonian artist, born in Viljandi, Estonia
Famous Deaths
1124 – Callistus/Callixtus II [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies
1621 – Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)
1930 – Fritz Pregl, Slovenian/Austrian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)
1992 – Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies
1995 – Evangeline Bruce, hostess, dies at 81
1996 – Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61