Historical Events
1698 – Russian Tsar Peter the Great departs Netherlands for England
1935 – French Foreign minister Pierre Laval and Benito Mussolini sign the Franco-Italian Agreement
1973 – Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 v Pakistan Never again
2008 – College Football, 10th BCS National Championship Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans: #2 LSU beats #1 Ohio State, 38-24
2019 – Amazon overtakes Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable listed company for the first time, worth $797 billion
2021 – WHO warns Europe needs to do more to “flatten the steep vertical line” of COVID-19 cases and control the spread of the new variant, with 230 million already living under lockdown
Famous Birthdays
1890 – Henny Porten, German silent screen star (Deception), born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 1960)
1912 – Günter Wand, German conductor, composer (d. 2002)
1935 – Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 6, 19, 36/35), born in Vyazniki, Russia (d. 2014)
1945 – Raila Odinga, Kenyan politician, Prime Minister of Kenya (2008-2013), born in Maseno, Kenya
1964 – Francisco Maciel, Mexican tennis star, born in Querétaro, Mexico
1981 – Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Cold Lake, Canada
Famous Deaths
1907 – Anton Urspruch, German composer, dies at 56
1922 – Antonio Scontrino, Italian composer, dies at 71
1967 – Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW and Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies
1984 – Alfred Kastler, French physicist (Nobel 1966 – Hertzian resonances within atoms), dies at 81
2018 – Isabelle “France” Gall, French pop singer (Donner Pour Donner, Sacré Charlemagne), dies from cancer at 70
2019 – Clydie Mae King, American session and touring vocalist (Ray Charles; Bob Dylan; Humble Pie; Lynyrd Skynrd), dies of a blood infection at 75