Historical Events
1575 – Henry III of France is crowned at Rheims
1895 – Moving picture projector patented
1955 – KRCG TV channel 13 in Jefferson City, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1983 – 33rd NBA All-Star Game, The Forum, Inglewood, CA: East beats West, 132-123; MVP: Julius Erving, Philadelphia 76ers, F
1985 – Polish police arrests 7 Solidarity leaders
1996 – Howard Stern announces he will be making the film “Private Parts”
Famous Birthdays
1805 – David Dudley Field II, American lawyer, law codifier, born in Haddam, Connecticut (d. 1894)
1820 – (Albert) Béla Kéler, Hungarian composer, and conductor, born in Bártfa, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bardejov, Slovakia) (d. 1882)
1867 – Harold Mahony, Scottish tennis player (Wimbledon 1896), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1905)
1936 – Leamon King, Tulare California, 4X100m relayer (Olympic gold 1956)
1967 – Eddie Pye, American baseball infielder (LA Dodgers), born in Columbia, Tennessee
1976 – Dave Padden, Canadian musician (Annihilator), born in Canada
Famous Deaths
1693 – Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65
1724 – Francisco Jose Coutinho, composer, dies at 43
1845 – Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German philosopher, dies at 71
1987 – M L “Curly” Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
1994 – Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer, dies at 79
2017 – Seijun Suzuki, Japanese cult film director, dies at 93