Historical Events
1541 – Isabella of Poland and King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu
1900 – General Viljoen surprise attack British garrison to Helvetia
1948 – Canada recognizes Israel
1965 – CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year
1981 – Ballon d’Or: German 1-2-3 with Bayern Munich forward Karl-Heinz Rummenigge taking title of Europe’s best football player for the 2nd straight year; beats teammate Paul Breitner and Barcelona midfielder Bernd Schuster
1996 – “Taking Sides” closes at Atkinson Theater NYC
Famous Birthdays
1856 – Thomas J Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician (Stieltjes integral), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1894)
1880 – Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, French composer (Ophellia), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1952)
1928 – John Kennedy Sr., Australian Rules Football coach (Australian Football Hall of Fame legend; VFL Premiership 1961, 71, 76; Hawthorn FC; North Melbourne FC), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2020)
1951 – Georges Thurston, Canadian reggae and RandB singer, born in Bedford, Quebec (d. 2007)
1954 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Sacramento, California
1970 – Aled Jones, Welsh pop-opera singer, born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
Famous Deaths
1170 – Thomas Becket, English Archbishop of Canterbury, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II at 52
1822 – Albert Christoph Dies, German painter, engraver and biographer, dies at 67
1919 – William Osler, Canadian physician and author (circulatory system), dies at 70
2003 – Dinsdale Landen, British actor (The Mask of Janus), dies at 71
2008 – Kees [Cornelis Pieter] van Dijk, Dutch minister of the Interior, dies at 77
2015 – Elzbieta Krzesinska, Polish long jumper (Olympic gold 1956), dies at 76