Historical Events
1813 – First reference to pineapple cultivation in Hawaii in diary entry by Francisco de Paula Marin
1863 – City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years
1939 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
1941 – British communist newspaper “Daily Worker” banned
1981 – “Shakespeare’s Cabaret” opens at Bijou Theater New York City for 54 performances
1990 – Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director
Famous Birthdays
1926 – Raf Reymen, Flemish actor (Huisvuil, Het glas water), born in Gent, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1990)
1971 – Tommy Puett, actor (Tyler-Life Goes On, America’s Top 10), born in Gary, Indiana
1974 – Jerald Sowell, fullback (NY Jets)
1981 – Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer
1988 – Felipe Neto, Brazilian vlogger (YouTube), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1990 – Jacob Smith, American actor
Famous Deaths
1955 – Archie Hahn, American sprinter, dies at 74
1963 – Franz Jung, German writer and political activist, dies at 74
1975 – Ernst Gernot Klussmann, German composer, dies at 73
1977 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet, dies at 70
2007 – U;Nee, Korean pop artist (b. 1981)
2015 – Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera, 1951-2005), dies at 85