Historical Events
1851 – Saint Joseph’s University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1947 – RCA releases the 12AX7 miniature dual triode vacuum tube; it is still in production
1973 – Ohio State’s Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing
1975 – The French département of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
1997 – Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000
2014 – Ewa Kopacz becomes Prime Minister of Poland
Famous Birthdays
1837 – Leo van Gheluwe, Belgian composer, born in Wannegem-Lede, East Flanders (d. 1914)
1879 – Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1932-39), born in Stanley, Tasmania (d. 1939)
1919 – Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter ( The Andromeda Strain), born in New York (d. 2004)
1926 – Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician (1954 Fields Medal), born in Bages, France
1928 – Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader of the 1950-60s hard bop era (The Black Messiah), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)
1972 – Queen Letizia of Spain, Spanish consort to King Felipe VI, born in Oviedo, Spain
Famous Deaths
1794 – Abraham Clark, American patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 68
1930 – Milton Sills, American actor (The Sea Hawk), dies from a heart attack at 48
1978 – Robert Cliche, French Canadian politician and judge (b. 1921)
2007 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor, dies at 79
2017 – Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer (Lucky, Alien, Cool Hand Luke, The Godfather Part II), dies at 91
2018 – Dudley Sutton, British stage and screen actor (Leather Boys; Brimstone and Treacle; Lovejoy – “Tinker Dill”), dies of cancer at 85