Historical Events
1850 – SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
1865 – Battle of Lewis’s Farm [alt. Quaker Road, Gravelly Run], in Dinwiddie County, Virginia begins (Union victory)
1895 – 57th Grand National: Joe Widger aboard 10/1 chance Wild Man From Borneo wins by 1.5 lengths from Cathal
1979 – Last day of Test cricket for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad
1980 – 134th Grand National: American amateur rider Charlie Fenwick wins aboard 40/1 outsider Ben Nevis; only 4 from 30 starters finish race
1993 – 65th Academy Awards: “Unforgiven”, Al Pacino and Emma Thompson win
Famous Birthdays
1829 – Ritta and Christina Parodi, Siamese twins, born in Sassare, Sardinia (d. 1829)
1848 – Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general and minister of War, born in Sheshurino, Russia (d. 1925)
1911 – Philip Ahn, American actor (Kung Fu, Thoroughly Modern Millie), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1978)
1929 – Utpal Dutt, Indian actor and director (Manusher Adhikar), born in Barisal, Bengal Presidency, India (d. 1993)
1966 – Robb Thomas, American NFL receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), born in Portland, Oregon
1969 – Jimmy Spencer, NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals)
Famous Deaths
1368 – Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)
1772 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
1892 – William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75
1995 – James Eric Storrar, fighter pilot, dies at 74
2009 – Maurice Jarre, French composer (Doctor Zhivago-Acad Award 1966), dies at 84
2017 – Alexei Abrikosov, Russian-born American physicist (Nobel Prize 2003), dies at 88