Historical Events
1751 – France sets plan to tax clergymen
1912 – First “Keystone Kops” silent slapstick comedy film, entitled “Hoffmeyer’s Legacy” is released
1913 – President Woodrow Wilson signs the Federal Reserve Act, establishing the modern central banking system of the United States to manage the money supply and promote financial stability
1942 – Allies air attack on Den Helder, Netherlands
1951 – National Football League Championship, LA Memorial Coliseum: Los Angeles Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17; first coast-to-coast televised NFL title game
Famous Birthdays
1819 – Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman, born at The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1889)
1922 – Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete (Olympic gold shot put, discus; bronze high jump 1948), born in Rang-du-Fliers, Pas-de-Calais, France (d. 2001)
1945 – Ron Bushy, American rock drummer (Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2021)
1954 – Brian Teacher, American tennis player (Australian Open 1980), born in San Diego, California
1981 – Beth [Elisabeth Rodergas Cols], Spanish singer and actress, born in Súria, Catalonia
Famous Deaths
1575 – Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (b. 1531)
1948 – Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during WW II (1941-44), hanged for war crimes at 63
1970 – Bessie Abramowitz Hillman, Russian-American labor leader and founder of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, dies at 71
2018 – (Ann) “Honey” Lantree, British rock drummer (The Honeycombs), dies at 75
2020 – James E. Gunn, American sci-fi author (The Listeners, Station in Space, Immortal), dies at 97