Historical Events
1230 – Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa
1496 – Jews are expelled from Carintha, Austria
1947 – US Ladies’ Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1959 – The Coasters’ single “Charlie Brown” peaks at #2 on the Billboard Top 100
1977 – Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche
2006 – Liquid water is discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn
Famous Birthdays
1911 – Ramon Campbell Batista, Chilean physician, composer, and ethno-musicologist (traditional music of the Rapanui people), born in Quilpué, Chile (d. 2000)
1934 – Jim Landis, American MLB outfielder, 1957-67, 5X Gold Glove, 2X All-Star (Chicago White Sox, and 5 other teams), born in Fresno, California (d. 2017)
1952 – Ekkehard Fasser, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold, four-man 1988; World C’ship gold 1983; World Cup champion 1985-86), born in Glarus, Switzerland (d. 2021)
1960 – Linda Fiorentino, American actress (Jade, Last Seduction, Moderns), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977 – Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey left wing (World C’ship gold 1999, 2001, 05; Florida Panthers, NY Rangers), born in Tábor, Czech Republic
1983 – Clint Dempsey, American footballer, born in Nacogdoches, Texas
Famous Deaths
1688 – Claude Mellan, French engraver, cartoonist and painter, dies at 89
1709 – Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat, dies at 70
1851 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (discovered electromagnetism), dies at 73
1975 – Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82
1992 – Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel (1977-80, 81-83) and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies of a heart attack at 85
2020 – Lorenzo Brino, American actor (7th Heaven – “Sam”), dies in single vehicle car crash at 21