Historical Events
1901 – Mexican government troops are ambushed by Yaqui Indians, 100 killed
1924 – International Ski Federation (FIS) forms
1972 – Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame
1975 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1980 – FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected and public officials for bribes for political favors
2020 – Palindrome Day: the date 02022020 reads the same forward and backward including in the US and China (last one like this 11 November 1111)
Famous Birthdays
1714 – Gottfried August Homilius, composer
1861 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist (Guggenheim Museum NYC), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1949)
1931 – Dries van Agt, Dutch Prime Minister (CDA, 1977-82), born in Geldrop, Netherlands
1933 – Than Shwe, ruler of Myanmar
1966 – Bob Estes, American golfer (4 PGA Tour titles), born in Graham, Texas
1977 – Shakira, Colombian pop singer (Whenever Wherever, Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)), born in Barranquilla, Colombia
Famous Deaths
1793 – William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
1969 – Boris Karloff [William H. Pratt], English actor (The Mummy, Frankenstein), dies of pneumonia at 81
1982 – Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (Senator for Wellington, Quebec), dies at 76
1987 – Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
1992 – Maurice L Kusell, dies
1995 – Alexis d’Anjou de Bourbon-Condé, French prince/Russian, dies at 47