Historical Events
1947 – Chic Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game
1973 – US President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1981 – Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98
1984 – TV soap “Edge of Night” ends 28 year run
1984 – Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old
Famous Birthdays
1738 – Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, German composer, born in St. Martin im Innkreis, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1767)
1842 – Calixa Lavallee, Canadian composer (O Canada), born in Verchères, British Province of Canada (d. 1891)
1908 – Lew Ayres, American actor (All Quiet on Western Front; Holiday; Dr Kildare (films); Johnny Belinda), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1996)
1938 – Dick Sudhalter, American jazz trumpeter, and writer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2008)
1970 – Elizabeth McIntyre, Miss West Virginia (1996), born in Dunbar, West Virginia
Famous Deaths
1793 – Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75
1949 – Hervey Allen, American writer and poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at 60
1999 – Clayton Moore, American actor (The Lone Ranger), dies at 85
2001 – William X. Kienzle, American novelist (b. 1928)
2020 – Fou Ts’ong, Chinese-British concert pianist, dies of COVID-19 at 86