Historical Events
1929 – US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls
1942 – Japanese troops occupy Manila, Philippines
1955 – 1st “Bob Cummings Show” premieres on NBC (later on CBS)
1968 – KBHK TV channel 44 in San Francisco, California (IND) begins broadcasting
1987 – 16th Fiesta Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #1 Miami, 14-10
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
Famous Birthdays
1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
1902 – Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. 2007)
1929 – Allen Sapp, Canadian Cree artist, born at Red Pheasant Reserve, Saskatchewan (d. 2015)
1955 – Tex Brashear, American voice actor
1959 – Kirti Azad, Indian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests; 25 ODIs) and politician, born in Darbhanga, India
1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch equestrian rider (Olympic gold dressage 2000, 04, 08; World C’ship gold 1994, 2006), born in Erp, Netherlands
Famous Deaths
1915 – (Károly) “Karl” Goldmark, Hungarian-Viennese violinist and composer (Rustic Wedding Symphony; The Queen of Sheba; Sakuhtala), dies at 84
1977 – Erroll Garner, American jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
2003 – Eric Jupp, British-born musician, dies at 80
2007 – A. Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor, dies at 55
2014 – Elizabeth Jane Howard, English novelist, dies at 90
2022 – Larry Biitner, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1970-83 (Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, and 2 other teams), dies of cancer at 75