Historical Events
1891 – Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation.
1925 – Canada House opens in London, England.
1967 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress, and Samuel S. Brody, attorney and Mansfield’s current partner, die in a car crash
2003 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Inverness Club: Bruce Lietzke wins by 2 strokes from Tom Watson
2006 – Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
2015 – Beijing Times reports 30% of the Great Wall of China has disappeared due to natural forces and stealing of bricks
Famous Birthdays
1805 – Hiram Powers, American sculptor (Greek Slave), born in Woodstock, Vermont (d. 1873)
1900 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer, poet and pioneering aviator (The Little Prince), born in Lyon, France (d. 1944)
1901 – Nelson Eddy, American baritone (Duets with Jeanette MacDonald), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 1967)
1906 – Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (youngest ever Soviet general of the army), born in Uman, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1945)
1942 – Larry Snyder, American jockey, born in Toledo, Ohio
1961 – Sharon Lawrence [Sharon Elizabeth], American actress (NYPD Blue, Fired Up), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
Famous Deaths
1293 – Hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies
1764 – Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693)
1860 – Thomas Addison, English physician (A-Biermer Disease), dies at 67
1923 – Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer, dies at 66
2000 – Coen Flink, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje), dies at 68
2002 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer (Come On-a My House) and actress (White Christmas), dies of lung cancer at 74