Historical Events
1986 – US Senate convicts US District Judge Harry E. Claiborne, making him the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment after he is criminally convicted of tax evasion
1991 – San Jose Sharks beat Calgary 4-3 for their first NHL win
1992 – Action thriller film “Under Siege,” directed by Andrew Davis and starring Steven Seagal in his most famous role, is released
2014 – Patrick Modiano wins the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature
2017 – American economist Richard Thaler is awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics
Famous Birthdays
1823 – Mary Ann Shadd Cary, American-Canadian anti-slavery campaigner, suffragist and 1st African American newspaper publisher (“The Provincial Freeman”), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1893)
1884 – Helene Deutsch [Rosenbach], Polish-American psychoanalyst, born in Przemyśl, Poland (d. 1982)
1904 – Carl Parrish, American composer, born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania (d. 1965)
1966 – David Cameron, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 2010-16), born in London, England
1972 – Roman Oben, American football tackle (NY Giants), born in Cameroon
Famous Deaths
1047 – Clemens II [Suitger], Pope (1046-47), dies (b. 1005)
1962 – Lulu McConnell, American vaudeville, radio, and television comedienne (It Pays To Be Ignorant), dies at 80
1983 – Suh Seok-jun, South Korea Deputy Prime Minister, killed (one of 21 victims) in Rangoon bombing at about 45
2011 – Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (b. 1989)
2014 – Carolyn Ashley Kizer, American writer, dies from complications of dementia 89