Historical Events
1741 – Elisabeth Petrovna becomes Tsarina of Russia
1916 – David Lloyd George replaces resigning H. H. Asquith as British Prime Minister
1937 – Russian chess player Alexander Alekhine recaptures his final world title from Dutch grand master Max Euwe by a large margin (+10−4=11)
1978 – Islander’s Mike Bossy’s 1st career hat trick
1996 – Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21), lands
2007 – The Hebei Spirit oil spill began in South Korea after a crane barge being towed by tug collided with the very large crude carrier, Hebei Spirit.
Famous Birthdays
1860 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia, born in Silverdale, Staffordshire, England (d. 1947)
1863 – Felix Calonder, Swiss politician (Free Democratic Party), born in Scuol, Switzerland (d. 1952)
1878 – Akiko Yosano, Japanese poet (Tangled Hair), born in Sakai, Ōsaka, Japan (d. 1942)
1971 – Ben Atkins, American fencer-epee (Olympics 1996), born in NYC, New York
1987 – Aaron Carter, American singer, rapper and songwriter, born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2022)
1989 – Nicholas Hoult, English actor (The Favourite; Tolkien; Peter III-The Great), born in Wokingham, England
Famous Deaths
1881 – Julius FA Bahnsen, German philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51
1946 – Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871)
1984 – Jeanne Cagney, American stage, screen, and radio actress (Lion is in the Streets; Quicksand; Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies of lung cancer at 65
1990 – Peter Mieg, Swiss composer, dies at 84
1990 – Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban poet and novelist (Pentagonia), dies at 47
2019 – Ron Saunders, English soccer striker (Portsmouth) and manager (Manchester City, Aston Villa, Birmingham City), dies at 87