Historical Events
1966 – Test debut of Clive Lloyd, v India Bombay, 82 and 78
1991 – Ricky Pierce (Seattle) ends NBA free throw streak of 75 games
2012 – Japan scrambles fighter jets in response to a Chinese plane in the Senkaku Islands dispute
2012 – A car bombing in Qatana, outside Damascus, kills 16 people and injures 12
2015 – 81st Heisman Trophy Award: Derrick Henry, Alabama (RB)
2018 – US Senate passes non-binding “war powers resolution” against long-term ally Saudi Arabia
Famous Birthdays
1770 – John Clarke-Whitfeld, English organist and composer, born in Gloucester, England (d. 1836)
1797 – Heinrich Heine, German poet and lyricist (Schubert, Liszt), born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1856)
1835 – Phillips Brooks, American Episcopal bishop and composer (Little Town of Bethlehem), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1893)
1897 – Drew Pearson, American newscaster (Drew Pearson), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 1969)
1977 – Sascha Kindred, British Paralympic swimmer, born in Münster, Germany
1983 – Matt Deis, American bassist (All That Remains), born in Peterborough, New Hampshire
Famous Deaths
1126 – Henry IX, the Black, Duke of Bavaria (1120-26), dies
1837 – Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756)
1919 – Amintore Galli, Italian composer, dies at 74
1958 – Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed
1983 – Alexander Schmemann, Orthodox Christian priest and theologian (b. 1921)
1993 – Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87