Historical Events
1962 – Philadelphia retires pitcher Robin Roberts’ # 36
1993 – Pope John Paul II beatifies Duns Scotus, a philosopher-theologian of the Middle Ages
1994 – Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals
1997 – Ice Dance Championship in Lausanne, Switzerland won by Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov (Rus)
2014 – Russia formally annexes Crimea amid international condemnation
2019 – Former Brazilian President Michel Temer is arrested in São Paulo as part of a large corruption investigation
Famous Birthdays
1820 – Frank Mori, English composer, born in London (d. 1873)
1921 – Joe Sutter, American engineer and head of the Boeing 747 program, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2016)
1928 – James W Kinnear, CEO (Texaco), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1944 – David Lindley, American musician (The Kaleidoscope), born in San Marino, California
1962 – Matthew Broderick, American actor (WarGames, Biloxi Blues), born in NYC, New York
1963 – Ronald Koeman, Dutch soccer star (Ajax, PSV, Barcelona, Feyenoord)
Famous Deaths
1844 – Leopold van Sasse van Ysselt, Dutch nobleman and politician, dies at 65
1969 – Gerhard Fritsch, Austrian writer, dies at 44
1980 – Peter Stoner, American mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist (b. 1888)
1999 – Edward Playfair, British senior civil servant, dies at 89
1999 – Ernie Wise, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise), dies at 73
2011 – Pinetop Perkins, Member of the Blues Hall of Fame (b. 1913)