Historical Events
1798 – Russia and Britain sign Second anti-French Coalition
1932 – Arturo Alessandri wins presidential election in Chile
1941 – First ships of Admiral Chuichi Nagumo’s Pearl Harbor fleet return to Japan
1950 – National Football League Championship, Cleveland Stadium: Cleveland Browns beat LA Rams, 30-28; Cleveland has 5 interceptions, Rams 1
1990 – Expos trade Tim Raines to the White Sox for Iván Calderón and Barry Jones
Famous Birthdays
1791 – Eugène Scribe, French dramatist (Bertrand et Raton), born in Paris, France (d. 1861)
1809 – (Christopher) “Kit” Carson, American frontiersman, Indian fighter and army officer, born in Madison County, Kentucky (d. 1868)
1955 – Anwar Khan, Pakistani cricketer (bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979), born in Karachi, Pakistan
1980 – Tomas Kalnoky, American musician (Streetlight Manifesto), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia
1984 – Jehnny Beth [Camille Berthomier], French musician, singer-songwriter (John and Jehn; Savages; To Love Is to Live), born in Poitiers, France
Famous Deaths
1959 – Edmund Goulding, British screenwriter and film director (Grand Hotel, Dark Victory, Nightmare Alley), dies during heart surgery at 68
1963 – Raphaël Verwilghen, Belgian architect, and urban planner, dies at 78
1975 – Tilly Losch, Austrian dancer and actress (Duel in the Sun; Garden of Allah), dies at about 71 (birth date disputed)
2002 – Laci Peterson, American murder victim, dies at 27
2024 – Richard Perry, American record producer (Harry Nilsson; Ringo Starr; Carly Simon; Leo Sayer; The Pointer Sisters), dies of cardiac arrest at 82