Historical Events
1900 – Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft)
1939 – Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service
1985 – Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
1992 – Northwest and KLM introduce a new joint logo “Worldwide Reliability”
1995 – Revival of Phillip Hayes Dean’s drama “Paul Robeson” opens at Longacre Theater, NYC; runs for 14 performances
2019 – United States Space Force founded, an armed forces branch dedicated to space warfare
Famous Birthdays
1906 – Irving Krick, American meteorologist and inventor, born in San Francisco, California (d. 1996)
1922 – Charita Bauer, American actress (The Guiding Light, Aldrich Family), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1985)
1944 – Jean Fergusson, English actress, born in Wakefield, United Kingdom
1961 – Mohammad Fouad, Arab singer and actor, born in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt
1972 – Jonathan Wyatt, New Zealand 5000m runner (Olympics 1996), born in Wellington, New Zealand
1998 – Dylan Wang [Wang Hedi], Chinese actor and singer (Meteor Garden), born in Chengdu, Sichuan
Famous Deaths
1494 – Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet
1749 – Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies
1876 – Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US
1986 – Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)
2012 – Eagle Keys, American Canadian Football Hall of Fame linebacker and coach (Grey Cup champion 1949, 54-56, 66; Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan R’riders), dies at 89
2015 – Patricia Elliott, American actress (Renee-Empire, One Life to Live), dies at 77