Historical Events
1665 – Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
1775 – 1st Negro Mason in north America initiated, Boston
1831 – Vincenzo Bellini’s opera “La Sonnambula” premieres in Milan
1922 – GB Shaw’s “Back to Methusaleh III/IV” premieres in NYC
1957 – Centenary of Dred Scott slavery court decision marked by rediscovery of Scott’s grave
1999 – 20th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats St. John’s, 82-63
Famous Birthdays
1899 – Jay C Flippen, American actor (Jet Pilot, The Killing, Thunder Bay), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1971)
1917 – Roy Scott, cricketer (one Test NZ v England 1947, 18, 1-74)
1919 – Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (d. 2006)
1926 – Ann Curtis, 400m/800m US swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1948), (d. 2012)
1927 – William J Bell, soap opera creator (Young and Restless), born in Chicago, Illinois
1966 – Cliff Meidl, American sprint kayak (Olympics 1996 and 2000), born in Manhattan Beach, California
Famous Deaths
1962 – Rezső Kókai, Hungarian pianist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue, dies at 56
1967 – Nelson Eddy, American baritone (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65
1996 – Herb Hall, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, dies at 88
2007 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)
2016 – Nancy Reagan [Anne Frances Robbins], US First Lady (1981-89), dies at 94
2017 – Alberto Zedda, Italian opera conductor and musicologist, dies at79