Historical Events
1864 – General James Longstreet’s command ends heavy fighting at Dandridgem, Tennessee
1882 – 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens her office
1954 – 4th NFL Pro Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: Eastern Conference beats Western Conference, 20-9; MVP: Chuck Bednarik, Philadelphia Eagles, LB
1982 – Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl scores a 6–7, 2–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–4 win over American Vitas Gerulaitis to claim his first of 5 ATP Masters Grand Prix titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC
1986 – 2nd Sundance Film Festival: “Smooth Talk” wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
1991 – Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles on Israel
Famous Birthdays
1789 – August Neander, German theologian (d. 1850)
1806 – James Madison Randolph, Jefferson’s grandson and the 1st to be born in the White House, born in Washington, D.C.
1891 – Marjorie Gateson, American actress (One Man’s Family), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1977)
1927 – Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer
1969 – Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director, born in Lund, Sweden
1985 – Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica), born in Hoensbroek, Netherlands
Famous Deaths
1617 – Pieter C Bockenberg, Dutch historian, dies at 68
1911 – Francis Galton, British anthropologist and geneticist (eugenics), dies at 88
1917 – Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70
1996 – Charles Henry Madge, English poet and founder of Mass-Observation, dies at 83
2003 – Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)
2020 – Morimichi Takagi, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (NPB All-Star 1966–67, 73, 79; Chunichi Dragons), dies at 78