Historical Events
1915 – US Marines occupy Haiti
1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning
1944 – Siege of Leningrad lifted by the Soviets after 880 days and more than 2 million Russians killed
1963 – Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1992 – “Crazy He Calls Me” opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 7 performances
1997 – 24th American Music Awards: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win
Famous Birthdays
1889 – Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol), born in Utrecht , Netherlands (d. 1959)
1912 – E. R. Braithwaite, diplomat and writer (To Sir with Love), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2016)
1929 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist (d. 1984)
1948 – Kim Gardner, English rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke), born in London (d. 2001)
1954 – Joko Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist, born in Yawatahama, Ehime, Japan
1970 – Carlos Javier Bernardo, Dutch prince
Famous Deaths
1540 – Angela Merici, Italian religious educator, founder of the Ursuline Order of nuns, and Roman Catholic saint, dies at 65
1927 – Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army
1972 – Richard Courant, German-American mathematician, dies at 84
2000 – Mae Faggs Starr, American athlete, 4x100m runner (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 67
2006 – Roger Durham Hannay, American composer and teacher, dies at 75
2017 – Benny Barth, American session and touring jazz drummer, dies at 86