Historical Events
1914 – Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum
1944 – Massive strikes in northern Italian towns
1953 – KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1989 – Charlie Francis, coach of disqualified sprinter Ben Johnson tells federal inquiry into Canada’s greatest sports scandal Johnson knowingly used steroids since 1981; Johnson first across line Olympic 100m 1988
2017 – Charo is revealed as a contestant on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars
2018 – Earliest evidence for figural tattoos (bull and sheep) on two naturally mummified bodies from Egypt’s predynastic period (3351-3017BC) published in “Journal of Archaeological Science”
Famous Birthdays
1810 – Frederic Chopin, Polish-French pianist and composer (Concerto in F Minor), born in Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw (d. 1849) (baptismal record states 22nd Feb)
1895 – Duke Keats, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame centre (WCHL First-Team All-Star 1921-26; Edmonton Eskimos; NHL: Chicago Black Hawks), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1972)
1939 – Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer, conductor and musician, born in Havana
1943 – Akinori Nakayama, Japanese gymnast (6 x Olympic gold 1968, 72; 7 x World C’ships gold 1966, 70), born in Nagoya, Japan
1967 – Aron Winter, Dutch soccer midfielder and coach (84 caps; Ajax, Lazio, Inter), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
1976 – Travis Kvapil, American auto racer (NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion 2003), born in Janesville, Wisconsin
Famous Deaths
1899 – Gyorgy Apponyi, Hungarian politician, dies at 90
1980 – John Jacob Niles, American composer and singer, dies at 87
1993 – Terry Frost, American actor (Waterfront, Dead Man’s Trail), dies at 86
1994 – Timothy Andrew James Souster, British composer, dies at 51
2005 – Peter Malkin Israeli secret agent, dies at 77
2009 – Ken Henry, American speed skater (Olympic gold 500m 1952), dies at 80