Historical Events
1912 – Bust of Queen Nefertiti found in El-Amarna, Egypt
1949 – Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan
1964 – George Harrison changes his company’s name from Mornyork to Harrisongs
1980 – 69th Davis Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Italy in Prague (4-1)
1988 – PLO delegation lead by Yasser Arafat proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizing the existence of the State of Israel for the first time
2013 – 9th ACC Championship Game: #1 Florida State beats #20 Duke, 45-7
Famous Birthdays
967 – Abū-Sa’īd Abul-Khayr, Persian mystic and poet, born in Mihne, Greater Khorasan (d. 1049)
1909 – Jacob Kainen, American painter and curator, born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2001)
1915 – Eli Wallach, American actor (Magnificent 7, The Misfits, People Next Door), born in Brooklyn New York, (d. 2014)
1935 – Jean-Claude Casadesus, French conductor, born in Paris, France
1948 – Mads Vinding, Danish jazz double-bassist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1988 – Nathan Adrian, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle 2012), born in Bremerton, Washington
Famous Deaths
1941 – Iida, Japanese pilot/lt, dies in battle at 28
1947 – Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist, dies at 81
1979 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, British-American astronomer and astrophysicist who proposed that stars are composed largely of hydrogen and are not glowing balls of molten rock, dies at 79
1989 – William Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934)
1990 – Horst Bienek, German writer and director (The First Polka), dies at 60
2011 – Harry Morgan, American actor (M*A*S*H, Dragnet), dies in his sleep at 96