Historical Events
1945 – World War II: Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal to evacuate German soldiers and civilians from Prussia by sea
1961 – Supreme Court rules cities and states have right to censor films
1976 – Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide
1994 – NFC Championship, Texas Stadium, Irving: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 38-21
2011 – NFC Championship, Soldier Field, Chicago: Green Bay Packers beat Chicago Bears, 21-14
2016 – 8 museum workers from Egyptian Museum, Cairo referred for prosecution for reattaching Tutankhamun’s beard with inappropriate glue
Famous Birthdays
1719 – John Landen, English mathematician, born in England, United Kingdom (d. 1790)
1872 – Joze Plečnik, Slovenian architect, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1957)
1928 – Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2005)
1929 – Patriarch Filaret (Mykhailo Denysenko) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate
1932 – James Rado [Radomski], American stage actor, playwright, director, and composer (Hair!; Rainbow), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
1959 – Sandra Pisani, Australian field hockey captain (Olympic gold 1988), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2022)
Famous Deaths
1888 – Eugène Marin Labiche, French playwright (The Italian Straw Hat), dies at 72
1944 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80, bequeathing all of his work to the city of Oslo
1964 – Louis Horst, American dance choreographer and composer, dies at 80
1982 – Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83
1992 – Simon Brand, South African banker and adviser to President F. W. de Klerk, dies
1993 – Dudley Stevens, English entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57