Historical Events
1863 – Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
1964 – “Folies Bergere” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances
1972 – Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
1987 – Sam’s Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett
2018 – 52nd Country Music Association Awards: Keith Urban, Kacey Musgraves, and Carrie Underwood win
Famous Birthdays
1601 – Jean Eudes, French catholic priest, founder of the Eudists, born at Ri, France (d. 1680)
1740 – Johann van Beethoven, German musician, Ludwig van Beethoven’s father and first teacher, born in Mechelen, Habsburg Netherlands (d. 1792)
1948 – Charles III [Charles Philip Arthur George], King of the United Kingdom (2022-) Prince of Wales (1958-2022), born in London, England
1969 – David Lindsay-Abaire, American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter (Rabbit Hole, Kimberly Akimbo), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1972 – Lori Dupuis, Canadian ice hockey forward (Olympic gold 2002, silver 1998; World C’ship gold 1997, 1999, 2000), born in Williamstown, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1746 – Georg Steller, German naturalist and explorer (Great Northern Expedition), dies from fever at 37
1955 – Robert E Sherwood, American dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois; Idiot’s Delight), dies of a heart attack at 59
1993 – Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies
1996 – Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68
2014 – Glen Larson, American television producer and writer, dies from esophageal cancer at 77