Historical Events
1743 – 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
1861 – Battle of Blackburn’s Ford, Virginia
1947 – British seize “Exodus 1947” ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
1952 – KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, Colorado (IND) begins broadcasting
1966 – Carl Sagan turns 1 billion seconds old
1996 – Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Québec’s costliest natural disasters ever
Famous Birthdays
1711 – Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, born in Soignies, Belgium (d. 1765)
1864 – Phillip Snowden, British politician, 1st Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, born Cowling, Yorkshire (d. 1937)
1880 – Otto Vrieslander, German composer, born in Münster, Germany (d. 1950)
1900 – Nathalie Sarraute [Tcherniak], French writer (Childhood, Portrait of a Man Unknown, The Golden Fruits), born in Ivanovo, Russia (d. 1999)
1962 – Jack Irons, American drummer (red Hot Chilli Peppers), born in Los Angeles, California
1967 – Jeff Lageman, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
Famous Deaths
1730 – François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644)
1872 – Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66
1990 – Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (b. 1897)
1990 – Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
1992 – Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
2015 – Alex Rocco, American actor (The Godfather, The Famous Teddy Z), dies at 79