Historical Events
1832 – Charles Darwin, aboard HMS Beagle, arrives in the town of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia
1847 – US forces numbering less than 1,000 defeat a larger Mexico force in the Battle of the Sacramento River
1944 – Arrests of the ten-Boom family in Nazi occupied Netherlands (Haarlem) through a Dutch collaborator on charges of hiding Jews
1959 – Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul of Canada, their 3rd title
1967 – A West German court rules that impostor Anna Anderson failed to prove that she was missing Russian duchess Anastasia Romanov, ending a legal case that lasted almost 30 years
1969 – Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of Great Britain
Famous Birthdays
1155 – Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England, crowned aged 15 during his father’s lifetime, born in London (d. 1183)
1786 – François Arago, French astronomer, physicist and politician, born in Estagel, France (d. 1853)
1882 – Jose Vasconcelos, politician, essayist, philosopher, born in Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1959)
1953 – Osmo Vänskä, Finnish clarinetist, conductor (Lahti Symphony, 1988-2008; Minnesota Orchestra, 2003-2022), and composer, born in Sääminki, Finland
1967 – Marcus Lillington, British pop guitarist and keyboard player (Breathe – “Hands to Heaven”), born in Bideford, Devon, England
1978 – Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player, born in Brooklyn, New York
Famous Deaths
1737 – Hercule Brehy, Flemish composer and organist, dies at 63
1968 – Doretta Morrow, American actress (Because You’re Mine), dies from cancer at 41
1979 – Paul Alverdes, German writer (Pfeiferstube), dies at 81
1994 – Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90
2004 – Gene Allison, American RandB singer (“You Can Make It If You Try”), dies at 69
2023 – Grant Turner, New Zealand soccer midfielder (42 caps; SC Stop Out, Gisborne City AFC), dies from cancer at 64