Historical Events
1872 – 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18″)
1917 – 1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron
1976 – NFC Championship, Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington: Minnesota Vikings beat Los Angeles Rams, 24-13
1981 – One of the great day’s Test Cricket at the MCG Australia v West Indies
2001 – Crude oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) record one of their largest 1-day jumps of the year as traders become convinced that OPEC will follow through on production cuts
2003 – A magnitude 6.6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
Famous Birthdays
1778 – Juan Lovera, Venezuela, artist
1862 – Alexander Amfiteatrov, Russian-French-Italian writer, born in Kaluga, Russia (d. 1923)
1902 – Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980)
1920 – Gote Carlid, Swedish composer, born in Hogbo near Sandviken (d. 1953)
1961 – John Lynch, Irish actor, born in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
1979 – Mzbel [Nana Akua Amoah], Ghanaian singer (16 Years, Saucy Girl), born in Accra, Ghana
Famous Deaths
1350 – Jean de Marigny, French bishop
1950 – Emile Enthoven, Dutch composer and lawyer, dies at 47
1961 – Charlie Frank, cricketer (S Af Test centurion v Aust 1921-22), dies
1983 – Violet Carson, British actress (b. 1898)
1989 – Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey defence player (‘100 Greatest NHL Players), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 65
2005 – Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1937)