Historical Events
1632 – Battle of Lützen: Significant battle of Thirty Years’ War – Swedish and Saxon forces defeat the Holy Roman Empire, at cost of the death of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus
1840 – New Zealand officially becomes a British colony
1917 – British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa
1973 – US President Richard Nixon authorizes construction of the Alaskan pipeline
2003 – CFL Grey Cup, Taylor Field, Regina: Edmonton Eskimos reverse previous year result; beat Montreal Alouettes, 34-22 for 12th title
2022 – NASA’s Artemis I mission carrying the uncrewed Orion spacecraft on a test mission around the Moon and back launches from Florida
Famous Birthdays
1609 – Henrietta Maria, French-born daughter of Henry IV of France and Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)
1730 – Gualtherus van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician, born in Philippine, Zealand, Netherlands (d. 1783)
1874 – Johanna Albregt, Dutch actress (Dumb August) and wife of Henri Dons, born (d. 1946)
1931 – Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist, born in Rapallo, Italy (d. 2006)
1973 – Howard Smothers, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
1981 – Caitlin Glass, American voice actress, born in Washington, D.C., United States
Famous Deaths
1667 – Nathaniel Schnittelbach, German composer and violinist, dies at 34
1766 – Dominikus Zimmermann, Bavarian Baroque architect and painter (Liebfrauenkirche), dies at 81
1835 – Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48
1958 – J. W. F. Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread), dies at 67
1980 – O. V. [Overton Vertis] Wright, American blues singer, dies at 41
2005 – Ralph Edwards, American TV host (This is Your Life), dies at 92