Historical Events
1797 – Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes 1st parachute descent from a balloon in Paris
1941 – Maxwell Anderson’s “Candle in the Wind” premieres in NYC
1955 – WWNY TV channel 7 in Carthage-Watertown, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1963 – BAC One-Eleven prototype airliner crashes on October 22 in UK with the loss of all on board.
1971 – USSR performs nuclear test
1978 – “King of Hearts” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 48 performances
Famous Birthdays
1836 – Mungo Park, Scottish golfer (British Open 1874), born in Inveresk, East Lothian (d. 1904)
1942 – Bobby Fuller, Baytown, Texas, American rock vocalist/guitarist (Bobby Fuller Four)
1943 – Allen James Coage, American HW judo (Olympic bronze 1976), born in NYC, New York
1943 – Catherine Deneuve [Dorleac], actress (Repulsion, Hunger), born in Paris, France
1975 – Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballer
1978 – Dion Glover, American basketball player, born in Marietta, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1755 – Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (b. 1694)
1764 – Jean Marie I’aine Leclair, composer, dies at 67
1954 – Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
1970 – René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered
1987 – Angiolino “Lino” Ventura, Italian actor (Happy New Year, Pain in the A–), dies of a heart attack at 68
1990 – Frank Sinkwich, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1942, U of Georgia; NFL Draft #1 pick Detroit Lions 1943; NFL MVP 1944), dies at 70