Historical Events
1968 – The Beatles release “The Beatles” (White Album), their only double album
1995 – OPEC states that it will roll over its current oil production quota of 25.42 million barrels per day
1996 – O.J. Simpson takes stand as hostile witness in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him, saying it is “absolutely not true”
2015 – Serbian tennis star Novak Đoković makes it 4 straight season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis titles beating Roger Federer 6-3, 6-4 in the final in London, England
2020 – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gives Tigrayan forces 72 hours to surrender before the military begins offensive on regional capital of Mekelle
2022 – UK faces a bigger hit to its economy from the global energy crisis than any other advanced economy according to the OECD, projected to shrink by 0.4%
Famous Birthdays
1870 – Howard Brockway, American composer, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1951)
1879 – Ralph Hawtrey, British economist (multiplier, quantity theory of money), born in Slough, England (d. 1975)
1923 – Dika Newlin, American composer, Schoenberg expert and punk rocker, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2006)
1967 – Boris Becker, German tennis player (Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89), born in Leimen, Germany
1973 – Alexandra Fusai, St Cloud France, tennis star (1995 Futures-Szczecin)
1983 – Tyler Hilton, American singer-songwriter, and actor (One Tree Hill), born in Palm Springs, California
Famous Deaths
1963 – Aldous Huxley, English author (Brave New World), dies at 69
1981 – Andreina Pagnani, actress (Il Commandante), dies at 74
2006 – Ria Beckers, Dutch politician and leader of the progressive Christian party PPR, dies at 67
2010 – Jean Cione, American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (b. 1928)
2011 – Lana Peters [Svetlana Stalina], Stalin’s daughter, dies at 85
2022 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban Nueva Trova singer-songwriter and guitarist (Yolanda; Yo Me Quedo), dies of cancer at 79