Historical Events
1828 – Report by US Vice President John C. Calhoun defending the rights of states to nullify federal laws is presented to the South Carolina legislature but it takes no action
1942 – Robert Stroud, convicted murdered, transferred to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, where he becomes known as “Birdman of Alcatraz”
1986 – Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency
1988 – Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated
2000 – Ballon d’Or: Real Madrid’s Portuguese midfielder Luís Figo is named best football player in Europe ahead of Juventus midfielder Zinedine Zidane and Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko
2023 – “Science” names anti-obesity medications that mimic the hormone GLP-1, containing semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro), their breakthrough of the year
Famous Birthdays
1817 – James Jay Archer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)
1894 – Paul Dessau, German orchestral, film, and theater composer and conductor (Adventures of Casanova; Deutsches Miserere; Never Trust a Woman), born in Hamburg, German Empire (d. 1979)
1929 – Herman T M Lauxtermann, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
1970 – Zac Foley, English rock bassist (EMF “Unbelievable”), born in Gloucester (d. 2002)
1975 – Jon Smith, British writer
1988 – Peter Winn, English footballer
Famous Deaths
1807 – Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (b. 1723)
1819 – Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer, dies at 54
1938 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), dies at 65
1939 – Eric Fogg, English composer, dies under a train at 36
1993 – Anthonius AM “Ton” Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47
2005 – Vincent Gigante, Italian-American mafioso, dies at 77