Historical Events
1857 – Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn
1900 – Maurice Ravel’s “Albaradode Gracioso” premieres in Paris
1931 – Thomas Edison submits his last patent application
1972 – US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley
1985 – NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Chicago Bears, 23-0
2019 – Record $3.1 million (333.6 million yen) price for giant bluefin tuna at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market bought by sushi restaurant owner Kiyoshi Kimura
Famous Birthdays
1585 – Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Savoyard grammarian, born in Meximieux, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1650)
1913 – Loretta Young, American actress (Farmer’s Daughter, Stranger), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2000)
1931 – Graeme Hole, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman of the fifties), born in Concord West, Australia (d. 1990)
1931 – E. L. Doctorow, American author (Ragtime, Billy Bathgate), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2015)
1954 – Norbert Hahn, 2 man luge (Olympic gold 1976, 80), born in Elbingerode, Germany
1966 – Donnell Woolford, NFL cornerback (Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Deaths
1852 – Louis Braille, French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for the blind, dies of tuberculosis at 43
1936 – Charles Stoneham, American owner of the NY Giants), dies at 59
1939 – Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
1977 – Niall MacGinnis, Irish character actor (Curse of the Demon, Helen of Troy), dies from cancer at 63
1987 – Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson, Chilean composer, dies at 87
1995 – James Clay, American jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at 59