Historical Events
1648 – Spanish troops and feudal barons strike down people’s uprising in Naples
1911 – Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer
1963 – Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II becomes chief of Western Samoa
1979 – Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia
1992 – “Search and Destroy” closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 46 performances
2019 – OKC guard Russell Westbrook becomes first player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the third consecutive season during the Thunder’s 123-110 win at home over Detroit Pistons
Famous Birthdays
1816 – Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, born in Richmond, Kentucky (d. 1890)
1827 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic surgery), born in Upton House, West Ham, England (d. 1912)
1857 – Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria (1879-86), born in Verona, Lombardy–Venetia (d. 1893)
1900 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (Woman of the Year, Adam’s Rib), born in Milwaukee (d. 1967)
1906 – Guy Clutton-Brock, English social worker (declared as national hero in Zimbabwe), born in Northwood, Middlesex (d. 1995)
1933 – Larry Felser, American sports columnist, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2013)
Famous Deaths
1258 – Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies
1811 – Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies
1976 – Howard Hughes, American reclusive billionaire, filmmaker and aviator, dies at 72
1984 – Robert Adams, English sculptor and designer, dies at 67
1991 – John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65
2005 – Debralee Scott, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – “Cathy”; Angie), dies at 52