Historical Events
1515 – Thomas Wolsey appointed Lord Chancellor of England
1832 – 1st US Negro hospital founded by whites chartered, Savannah, Georgia
1953 – René Coty elected president of France
1960 – Dutch bishops question papacy values
1999 – Opening of St Peter’s Holy Door by Pope John Paul II in approach of 3rd millennium
2001 – “Time Magazine” names New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani ‘Person of the Year’, for leadership after 9/11 attacks
Famous Birthdays
1879 – Émile Nelligan, Canadian francophone poet, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1941)
1930 – Robert Joffrey [Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan], American dancer, born in Seattle, Washington
1940 – Anthony Fauci, American immunologist (White House Coronavirus COVID-19 taskforce), born in Brooklyn, New York City
1949 – Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver, born in Sydney, Australia
1962 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2018)
1974 – Ryan Seacrest, American television host, born in Dunwoody, Georgia
Famous Deaths
1914 – John Muir, Scottish naturalist and discoverer (glacier in High Seirras), dies of pneumonia at 76
1952 – Henry A “Hans” Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58
1993 – Alexander Mackendrick, American-born Scottish director (Lady Killers), dies at 81
1994 – John Keith Wright, English Asst Sect of State (1971-84), dies at 66
2007 – Akbar Radi, Iranian dramatist and playwright (b. 1939)
2012 – Richard Rodney Bennett, English composer, dies at 76