Historical Events
1663 – Charlevoix Earthquake in Quebec, felt strongly in New England
1864 – Danish army begins its withdrawal from Danevirke to Dybbøl through driven snow, last time the Danes would occupy Danevirke, symbol of Danish identity
1919 – NL President John Heydler dismisses charges that Hal Chase bet against his team and threw games in collusion with gamblers
1962 – Suit to bar Englewood NJ from “racial segregated” schools, filed
2004 – Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion
2020 – US Senate votes to acquit President Donald Trump 52-48 on charges of abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress
Famous Birthdays
1867 – Casper Andries Lingbeek, Dutch politician and preacher
1902 – Bronislaw Kaper, Polish film composer and Academy Award winner (Green Dolphin Street, Lili), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1983)
1948 – Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager and player, born in Sunne, Sweden
1959 – Glenn Dubis, American sport shooter (Olympics 1984, 88, 96), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
1981 – Mia Hansen-Løve, French film director and actress (Things to Come), born in Paris, France
1985 – Lindsey Cardinale, American singer, born in Hammond, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
1775 – Eusebius Amort, German Roman Catholic theologian, dies at 82
1977 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (b. 1894)
1977 – Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
1982 – Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84
1995 – Judith Fluks, Amsterdam’s activist, dies
2010 – Harry Schwarz, South African lawyer, politician and diplomat, leader of the anti-apartheid movement (b. 1924).