Historical Events
1869 – 1st US college football game, players used their hands or feet, Rutgers 6 Princeton 4
1919 – 1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with “Turf in you(r) ransel” is broadcast
1962 – Edward W. Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts
1981 – Larry Holmes TKOs Renaldo Snipes in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 – Rev Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern
2009 – President Barack Obama signs congressional resolution conferring honorary U.S. citizenship to Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski
Famous Birthdays
1661 – Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg King of Spain (reigns 1665-1700), born in Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain (d. 1700)
1822 – Gordon Granger, American Major General during the Civil War (Union Army), born in Wayne County, New York (d. 1876)
1936 – K. Schippers [Gerard Stigter], Dutch author (Een klok en profil), born in Amsterdam
1937 – Edwin Roxburgh, English composer and conductor, born in Liverpool, England
1946 – Fred Penner, Canadian children’s entertainer, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
1972 – Garry Flitcroft, English soccer midfielder, manager (Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers), born in Bolton, Lancashire
Famous Deaths
1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer known for his chansons, dies at about 62
1597 – Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain [Catalina Micaela de Austria], Duchess consort of Savoy (1585-97), dies at 30
1912 – Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (Taras Bulba), conductor and ethnomusicologist, dies at 70
1986 – Lili Kraus, Czech-Hungarian-British concert pianist and educator, dies at 81
1989 – Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (Detective Story), dies of cancer at 40
2021 – Shawn Rhoden, Jamaican bodybuilder (Mr. Olympia 2018; IFBB British Grand Prix 2012), dies from a heart attack at 46