Historical Events
1940 – Soviet Union begins new offensive against Finland
1954 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Mervyn Rose wins his first Grand Slam title; beats fellow Australian Rex Hartwig 6-2, 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
1968 – Former US VP Richard Nixon announces candidacy for president
1980 – Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System
1985 – -61°F (-52°C), Maybell, Colorado (state record)
Famous Birthdays
1877 – Thomas Dunhill, British light classical composer (The Wind Among The Reeds; Tantivy Towers), teacher, and musicologist, born in London, England (d. 1946)
1942 – Muna Wassef, Syrian actress (The Message) and UN Goodwill ambassador, born in Damascus, Syria
1951 – (Clide) “Sonny” Landreth, American blues and zydeco slide guitar player, born in Canton, Mississippi
1962 – Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist (Superflat), born in Tokyo, Japan
1980 – Moisés Muñoz, Mexican soccer goalkeeper (19 caps; Morelia, América), born in Aguililla, Mexico
Famous Deaths
1328 – Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies at 33
1905 – Oswald Aschenbach, German landscape painter, dies at 77
1966 – William Harrigan, American actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71
1991 – Jimmy MacDonald, Scottish-American voice actor (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84
2003 – Mongo Santamaria, Cuban Latin jazz percussionist and bandleader, dies at 85