Historical Events
1935 – National Football League Championship, University of Detroit Stadium: Detroit Lions beat New York Giants, 26-7; Lions first title
1944 – Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel
1967 – The Silver Bridge collapses over the Ohio River in the US, killing 46 people
1969 – San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones
1982 – Sao Tome and Principe constitution approved
2017 – Anita Hill is appointed to lead a Hollywood commission on sexual harassment, spearheaded by Kathleen Kennedy
Famous Birthdays
1848 – Edwin Blashfield, American painter who decorated the dome of Library of Congress, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1936)
1862 – Jack ‘The Nonpareil’ Dempsey, Irish boxer (first holder of World Middleweight Championship 1886-90), born in Curran, County Kildare (d. 1895)
1949 – Ton Sijbrands, Dutch world checkers champion, born in Amsterdam
1954 – Justin Ross, American actor (Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change), born in Brooklyn, New York
1959 – Heidi Bohay, Somerset NJ, actress (Megan-Hotel)
1978 – Henrietta Nagyova, Nove Zamky Slovakia, tennis star (ITF/Cali-COL)
Famous Deaths
1230 – Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies
1892 – Charles Balmer, German composer, dies at 75
1901 – Elias Álvares Lobo, Brazilian composer, dies at 67
1951 – Eric Drummond, British 1st Secretary-General of the League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75
1972 – Edward Earle, Canadian actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
2005 – Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), dies of heart failure at 90