Historical Events
1602 – Spanish force in Ireland surrender to the English army at Kinsdale
1913 – National Woman’s Party forms
1928 – 14th Rose Bowl: Stanford beats Pittsburgh, 7-6
1942 – German troops in Bardia surrender
1989 – UCLA beats Arkansas Razorbacks, 17-3 to win the Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas; record 7th consecutive football bowl game victory for the Bruins
1992 – Australian cricket spin bowling great Shane Warne (145 Tests, 708 wickets; 194 ODIs) makes Test debut v India in 3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground
Famous Birthdays
1857 – Frederick Opper, cartoonist (Maud, Alphonse and Gaston)
1910 – Srirangam Srinivasarao [Sri Sri], Telugu Poet, born in Visakhapatnam, India (d. 1983)
1927 – David Herbert, publisher
1928 – Vaughn Beals, CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1958 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian concert pianist (Tchaikovsky Prize, 1982; Leeds, 1987), born in Belebey, Bashkir ASSR (now Bashkortostan)
1974 – Ludmila Formanová, Czech athlete (World C’ship gold 800m 1999), born in Čáslav, Czech Republic
Famous Deaths
1801 – Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss writer, philosopher, founder of physiognomics, dies at 59
1923 – Sam Carter, African American resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched in the Rosewood Massacre
1936 – Sir Francis Newdegate, English politician (Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia), dies at 73
2005 – Ronald “Bo” Ginn, American politician, dies at 70
2016 – Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Shiite religious leader and non-violent critic of the Saudi Arabian government, executed by the Saudi authorities aged 56 or 57
2018 – Thomas Monson, 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 90