Historical Events
1872 – -8°F (-22°C) in Boston, Massachusetts
1876 – Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
1950 – Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy and P Kennedy (USA)
1970 – WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1977 – Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin meets US President Jimmy Carter
1999 – 46th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #1 Duke beats #15 North Carolina, 96-73
Famous Birthdays
1556 – Guillaume du Vair, French writer and thinker, born in Paris (d. 1621)
1841 – William Rockhill Nelson, founder of The Kansas City Star and patron of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (d. 1915)
1893 – Milton Avery, American artist, born in Almar, New York (d. 1965)
1934 – Nari Contractor, Indian cricketer (Indian batsman and captain), born in Godhra, India
1946 – Peter Wolf [Blankenfeild], American rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame), born in the Bronx, New York
1965 – Steve Beuerlein, American NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Car Panthers), born in Hollywood, California
Famous Deaths
1578 – Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, niece of Henry VIII and whose son married Mary Queen of Scots, dies at 62
1974 – Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor (b. 1906)
1975 – Francine Larrimore, French actress (John Meade’s Woman), dies at 76
1978 – Steve Bilko, American baseball player, dies at 49
1981 – Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, German tennis player (Wimbledon 1931, 1936 runner-up), dies at 72
1997 – Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist (Nobel 1952), dies at 84