Historical Events
1818 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway
1870 – 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia
1885 – News of the fall of Khartoum reaches London
1962 – French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria’s independence
1970 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 – Howard Stern kisses NY Giant Leonard Marshall’s ass over bet, Stern lost claiming the Giants would lose the Super Bowl
Famous Birthdays
1804 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet (Finland’s national anthem “Maamme”), born in Jakobstad, Finland (d. 1877)
1923 – Doris Bohrer [Sharrar], American WWII spy, born in Basin, Wyoming (d. 2016)
1948 – Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish football manager and player, born in Sunne, Sweden
1953 – Valerie Carter, American folk-rock singer-songwriter, and session vocalist, born in Winter Haven, Florida (d. 2017)
1968 – Nir Kabaretti, Israeli conductor, born in Tel Aviv, Israel
1980 – Brad Fitzpatrick, American programmer (LiveJournal), born in Iowa, United States
Famous Deaths
1807 – Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80
1892 – Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807)
1946 – George Arliss, British Academy Award-winning actor (Disraeli; Devil; Green Goddess), dies at 77
1977 – Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
1979 – Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies at 77
2003 – Helge Boes, American Central Intelligence Agency officer