Historical Events
1940 – 2nd NFL All Star Game, Gilmore Stadium, LA, CA: Green Bay Packers beat NFL All-Stars, 16-7
1953 – Yugoslavia elects its 1st president (Marshal Tito)
1985 – British pound sinks to record low $US1.11
1993 – Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton blocks 2 shots in a 96-89 win over Seattle SuperSonics; becomes only 2nd player in NBA history (along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) to record 3,000 career blocks
1998 – Researchers in Dallas, Texas present findings about an enzyme that slows aging and cell death (apoptosis)
2020 – Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is fired amid Major League Baseball’s investigation into sign-stealing by the Houston Astros; Cora was previously the Astros’ bench coach before moving to Boston
Famous Birthdays
1818 – Zacharias Topelius, Finnish historical novelist (Surgeon’s Stories), born in Nykarleby, Finland (d. 1898)
1902 – Alfred Tarski, Polish-American logician and mathematician, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1983)
1904 – Cecil Beaton, English photographer, born in Hampstead, United Kingdom (d. 1980)
1937 – Shoban Babu, Indian actor, born in Nandigama, India (d. 2008)
1971 – Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier, born in Oslo, Norway
1978 – Shawn Crawford, American sprinter, born in Van Wyck, South Carolina
Famous Deaths
1802 – Marie Allard, French ballerina (Auguste Vestris), dies at 59
1967 – Renato Lunelli, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 71
1971 – Ethel Glenn Hier, American composer, dies at 82
1981 – John O’Grady, Australian writer (Nino Culotta) (b. 1907)
2006 – Shelley Winters [Schrift], American actress (Lolita, A Place in the Sun, A Patch of Blue and Poseidon Adventure), dies of heart failure at 85
2018 – Hugh Wilson, American director, writer and actor (Blast from the Past, Frank’s Place), dies at 74