Births
1574 - Lucas I Franchoys, Belgian painter
1582 - John Barclay, Scottish satirist/Latin poet (Argenis)
1730 - Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)
1737 - John Hancock
1752 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer
1761 - Friedrich von Matthison, German poet (Adelaide)
1762 - Christian A Vulpius, Germany, writer (Rinaldo Rinaldini)
1783 - Stendahl, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer (Le Rouge et de Noir)
1785 - Carl A Agardh, Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad
1813 - Franz Commer, composer
1816 - Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician
1820 - Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer
1828 - Calvin Edward Pratt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
1830 - Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet, French general/min of War (1899-1900)
1832 - douard Manet, France, Impressionist painter (D‚jeuner sur L'Herbe)
1833 - John Randolph Chambliss Jr, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1840 - Ernst Abbe, Germany, physicist (Carl Zeiss Optics Company)
1843 - Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer
1857 - Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist (Moho discontinuity)
1862 - David Hilbert, K”nigsberg East Prussia, mathematician
1865 - Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor (Black Haired Whore)
1867 - Herbert Bedford, composer
1868 - Juventino Rosas, composer
1869 - Carlo Felice Boghen, composer
1869 - Herbert David Croly, US author (Promise of American Life)
1878 - Oton Zupancic, Slovenian poet (Zimzelen pod Snegom)
1878 - Rutland Boughton, composer
1885 - Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer
1887 - Mikl¢s K llay, premier Hungary (1942-44)
1888 - Gilbert Ledward, British(?) sculptor
1889 - Franklin Pangborn, Newark, actor (My Best Gal, Hats Off, Easy Living)
1889 - Prosper Arents, Flemish bibliographer (Rubens-bibliography)
1891 - Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist
1893 - Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks)
1894 - Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Patriot/Idiot)
1896 - Charlotte A E M W, grand duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64)
1897 - Amanda Berry Smith, famous African
1897 - Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician
1898 - Randolph Scott, actor (Last of the Mohicans, Western Union)
1898 - Sergei Eisenstein, Russia, director (Battleship Potemkin) [NS]
1899 - Joseph Nathan Kane, historian (Famous Firsts)
1900 - Mary Philips, CT, actress (Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde)
1900 - Ralph Graves, Cleve Ohio, actor (Dirigible, Flight, Dream Street)
1901 - Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician
1902 - Benny Waters, saxophonist
1904 - Theodor Schaefer, composer
1905 - David Newell, Mo, actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves)
1905 - Konstanty I Galczynski, Polish poet (Zielona Ges)
1906 - Bob Steele, Pendleton Oregon, actor (Duffy-F Troop, Big Sleep)
1907 - Dan Duryea, White Plains NY, actor (Pride of the Yankees)
1907 - Hediki Yukawa, Japan, physicist (Nobel 1949)
1908 - Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist
1908 - Pak Saleman Siswowitono, Javan/Surinamese writer
1909 - Norman Fulton, composer
1910 - Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist
1911 - Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer
1912 - Ank van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy)
1914 - Napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne
1915 - Herma Bauma, Austria, javelin thrower (Oly-gold-1948)
1915 - Potter Stewart, Mich, 94th Supreme Court justice (1958-81)
1918 - Gertrude Belle Elion, NYC, biochemist/drug researcher (Nobel 1988)
1919 - Bob Paisley, English soccer player/trainer/manager of FC Liverpool
1919 - Ernie Kovacs, Trenton NJ, comedian (Ernie Kovacs' Show)
1919 - Nina Dumbadze, USSR, Discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952)
1919 - Ernie Kovacs
1920 - Erbet Pawel, biographer (Kafka)
1923 - Florence Halop, Queens, actress (Florence-Night Court, St Elsewhere)
1923 - Horace Ashenfelter, US, 3000m steeplechase (Olympic-gold-1952)
1923 - Walter M[ichael] Miller Jr, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, View from Stars)
1924 - Frank R Lautenberg, (Sen-D-NJ, 1983- )
1925 - Marty Paich, Oakland Calif, orch leader (Sonny & Cher, Glenn Campbell
1928 - Jeanne Moreau
1928 - Eugene Monti, Italy, bobsledder (Olympic-2 golds-1968)
1928 - Jeanne Moreau, Paris France, actress (Going Places, Jules & Jim)
1928 - Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater (Olympic-silver-1952)
1929 - Ian Thomson, cricketer (England seam bowler v South Africa 1964-65)
1929 - John Polanyi, Berlin, Canadian chemist (Nobel 1986)
1930 - Derek Walcott, St Lucia, poet/writer (Omeros, Nobel 1992)
1930 - Ken Errair, rocker (Four Freshmen)
1930 - William Reid Pogue, Okemah Okla, Colonel USAF/astronaut (Skylab 4)
1932 - Bud Shuster, (Rep-R-PA, 1973- )
1933 - Arlene Golonka, Chicago Ill, actress (Millie-Mayberry RFD)
1933 - Chita Rivera, Wash DC, actress (West Side Story, Sweet Charity)
1933 - Joel Spiegelman, composer
1933 - Chita Rivera
1934 - Lou Antonio, Okla City, actor (Barney-Snoop Sisters, Makin' It)
1936 - Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Packer, author (Instant Replay)
1938 - Anatoly Marchenko, Siberia, Soviet dissident
1940 - Johnny Russell, country singer
1942 - Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin, cosmonaut
1942 - Laurie Mayne, cricketer (Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70)
1942 - Willy Bogner Jr, Munich, director (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
1943 - Gil Gerard, Little Rock Ark, actor (Buck Rogers in 25th Century)
1943 - William E "Bill" Gibb, Scottish fashion designer
1944 - Rutger Hauer
1944 - Jerry Lawson, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk)
1944 - Marty Russo, (Rep-D-IL, 1975- )
1944 - Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor (Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend)
1944 - Sergey Belov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
1946 - Asif Masood, cricketer (Pakistani quick with long & erratic run-up)
1947 - Thomas R Carper, (Rep-D-DE, 1983- )
1948 - Anita Pointer, Oakland, rock vocalist (Pointer Sisters-She's So Shy)
1949 - Robert Cabana, Minneapolis, Mjr USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53, 68, sk:88
1950 - Bill Cunningham, rock keyboardist/bassist (Box Tops)
1950 - Danny Federici, rocker (E Street Band)
1950 - Patrick Simmons, guitarist/vocal (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute)
1950 - Richard Dean Anderson, Minneapolis, actor (MacGyver, Emerald Pt NAS)
1950 - Richard Gilliland, Ft Worth Tx, actor (Jonesy-Waltons, Tom-Heartland)
1950 - William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist (Box Tops-Letter)
1951 - Margaret Johnson Bailes, Bronx NY, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1951 - Michael Matz, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-silver-96)
1952 - Omar Henry, cricketer (1st colored player for South Africa 1992)
1953 - Lamont Robin Zander, rocker (Cheap Trick)
1953 - Pat Haden, Westbury, NY, NFL quarterback (LA Rams)
1954 - Edward Ka-spel, English singer/songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots)
1954 - Franco De Vita, Caracas Venezuala, spanish singer (Extranjero)
1954 - Rick Finch, rocker (KC & Sunshine Band-Give It)
1954 - Trevor Hohns, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1989)
1955 - Alexander O'Neal, R&B singer
1955 - Reginald Calloway, trumpet player (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1955 - Robin Zander, rocker vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
1957 - Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco, princess
1958 - Lorraine Michaels, Canterbury England, playmate (Apr, 1981)
1959 - Earl Falconer, British reggae bassist (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1959 - Tyrone Power Jr, Los Angeles Calif, actor (Shag)
1960 - Greg Ritchie, cricketer (Qld & Aust batsman Fat Cat Mahatma Cote)
1960 - Misha Mck, East Orange NJ, actress (Gerri-Me & Mrs C)
1961 - Trey Junkin, tight end (Arizona Cardinals)
1963 - Gail O'Grady, Detroit, actress (Hitman, Nobody's Perfect, NYPD Blue)
1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon, NBA center (Houston Rockets)
1963 - Rocco Romano, CFL guard (Calgary Stampeders)
1964 - Frank Winters, NFL center (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1964 - Mariska Hargitay, LA Calif, actress (Jesse Smith-Downtown, ER)
1965 - Tim Berrett, Tunbridge Wells Engl, Canadian 20k walker (Oly-14-92, 96
1966 - Haywoode Workman, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
1966 - Mike Brim, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
1966 - Scott Fortune, Newport Beach Calif, volleyballer (Oly-G-88,B-92, 96)
1967 - Christine Parris-Washington, Truro Nova Scotia, softball (Olympics-96
1967 - Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter (Oly-gold-1988)
1968 - Eric Metcalf, NFL receiver/running back (Atl Falcons, SD Chargers)
1968 - Lubomir Kolnik, Skalica CZ, hockey forward (Team Slovakia, Espoo)
1968 - Petr Korda, Prague Czech, tennis star (1993 Doubles-Cincinnati)
1968 - Todd Scott, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1969 - Brendan Shanahan, Mimico Ont, NHL left wing (Whalers, Red Wings)
1969 - Eric Carter, CFL cornerback (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1970 - Alan Embree, Vancouver WA, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
1970 - Jim Schwantz, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, SF 49ers)
1970 - Mark Wohlers, Holyoke MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1970 - Marquel Fleetwood, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Richard Smehlik, Ostrava Cze, NHL defenseman (Buf Sabres, Oly-Gold-98
1970 - Sherman Obando, Changuinola Panama, outfielder (Montreal Expos)
1971 - Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ, 1st Maori Test centurion)
1971 - James Logan, WLAF linebacker (Scotland Claymores)
1971 - Julie Foudy, SD Calif, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
1971 - Kevin Mawae, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks)
1971 - Mark Grimmette, Ann Arbor Mich, doubles luger (Olympics-1994)
1972 - Anthony Peterson, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, SF 49ers)
1972 - Gary Harrell, NFL/WLAF receiver (NY Giants, Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 - Kez McCorvey, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions)
1972 - Tanya Harding, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1973 - Mark Kolesar, Minnedosa, NHL right wing (Toronto Maple Leafs)
1974 - Glen Chapple, cricketer (Lancashire & England A pace bowler)
1974 - Tiffani-Amber Theissen, Long Beach Ca, actress (Saved by Bell, 90210)
1974 - Tiffani-Amber Thie
1975 - Kevin Alexander, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
1976 - Byron Hanspard, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
1976 - Phil Boudreault, Copper Cliff Ontario, boxer (Olympics-96)
1980 - Theresa Kulikowski, Tacoma Wash, gymnast (World-bronze-95, Oly-96)
Events
638 - Start of Islamic calendar
1265 - 1st English Parliament formally convened (some authorities)
1490 - 1st printing of Ramban's Sha'ar ha-Gemul
1492 - "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed
1552 - 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England
1556 - Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China
1570 - Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland, assassinated; civil war breaks out
1571 - Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
1579 - Union of Utrecht signed, forming protestant Dutch Republic
1631 - France & Sweden sign anti-German Treaty of Bärwald
1637 - Dutch governor Johan Mauritius lands in Pernambuco Brazil
1643 - Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians
1647 - Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English parliament
1663 - King Louis XIV affirms covenant with Rÿnstaten
1668 - England, Netherlands & Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French
1719 - Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire
1723 - Georg Friedrich Händel's opera "Ottone," premieres in London
1779 - Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra)
1789 - Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded
1793 - 2nd partition of Poland, between Prussia & Russia
1793 - Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized
1796 - Armand-Gaston Camus becomes chairman of Council of 500
1812 - 7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri
1833 - Joseph Pease, a Quaker, admitted to Parliament on his affirmation
1845 - Uniform US election day for president & VP authorized
1849 - Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US
1849 - Patent granted for an envelope-making machine
1856 - Steamer Pacific lost
1862 - Agoston Haraszthy, 1st vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 10,000
1865 - -Jan 25th) Battle of City Point, VA (James River, Trent's Reach)
1870 - 173 Blackfoot (140 women & children) killed in Montana by US Army
1879 - National Archery Association forms (Crawfordsville Ind)
1889 - Dr Daniel Hale Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago
1894 - G W Bunbury of Dublin sets shorthand record of 250 wpm for 10 min
1896 - Edward Macdowell's 2nd Suite in E, premieres
1897 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" (BG)
1902 - Winnipeg Victorias sweep Toronto Wellingtons in 2 for Stanley Cup
1907 - Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator
1908 - US & Great-Britain demand end of abuses in Congo
1909 - 1st radio rescue at sea
1916 - Temp falls from 44°F (7°C) to -56°F (49°C) night of 23-24, Browning MT
1920 - Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies
1923 - Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th)
1924 - Ramsey MacDonald forms 1st Labour govt in Britain
1926 - Eugene O'Neill's "Great God Brown," premieres in NYC
1928 - "Abenteuer of brave Soldier Schwejk" premieres in Berlin
1930 - Clyde Tombaugh photographs planet Pluto
1930 - George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Va established
1930 - WIS-AM (now WOMG) in Columbia SC begins radio transmissions
1932 - El Salvador army kills 4,000 protesting farmers
1933 - 20th amendment changes date of presidential inaugurations to 1/20
1936 - Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curaçao forms
1937 - Karl Radek & 16 others go on trial in Stalin's great purge
1940 - Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish govt in exile
1941 - Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center
1941 - WOR-AM in Newark NJ moves to NYC
1942 - Japanese troops occupy Rabaul New Britain
1942 - Tank battle at Adzjedabia, African corps vs British army
1943 - 66.34 cm (26.12"), Hoegees Camp, California (state record)
1943 - British 8th army marches into Tripoli
1943 - Detroit Red Wings scores NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
1943 - Japanese Mount Austen on Guadalcanal captured
1944 - Arnold Schoenberg's "Ode to Napoleon," premieres in NYC
1944 - Det Red Wings score 15 goals against NY Rangers & NHL record 37 points, also most consecutive
1945 - Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation
1946 - Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, becomes 1st director of CIA
1948 - Bradman scores 201 in 272 mins v India, 21 fours 1 six
1948 - Huston's "Treasure of Sierra Madre" starring Humphrey Bogart opens
1948 - Test debut of Neil Harvey, v India at Adelaide
1950 - 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published
1950 - AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset
1950 - Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel
1950 - NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense)
1950 - Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung
1951 - 3rd Emmy Awards: Alan Young Show, Alan Young & Gertrude Berg
1953 - Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 yrs 357 days
1953 - NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts)
1953 - NFL's National & American conference become Eastern & Western conf
1954 - Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP
1954 - Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)
1955 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1955 - KORK (now KVBC) TV channel 3 in Las Vegas, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
1958 - "Body Beautiful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances
1958 - Dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez flees Venezuela, Larrazábal takes power
1958 - Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes v West Indies
1960 - Bathosphere "Trieste" reach bottom of Pacific (10,900 m)
1961 - Supreme Court rules cities & states have right to censor films
1961 - Venezuela adopts constitution
1962 - Bob Feller & Jackie Robinson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1962 - British spy Kim Philby defects to USSR
1962 - Libya, Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb
1964 - 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections
1964 - Arthur Miller's "After the Fall," premieres in NYC
1965 - "King Family Show" (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV
1965 - BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Dick Weber
1965 - Boston Celtic center Bill Russell misses all 14 shots in loss to Philadelphia Warriors led by
1967 - Stan Musial is named GM of Cards
1968 - Joe Medwick elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1968 - Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in Sea of Japan by N Korea
1969 - Cream releases their last album "Goodbye"
1970 - Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
1970 - Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam
1970 - US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1
1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 - -80°F (-62°C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (US record)
1971 - 4th ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina
1971 - UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
1972 - 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13
1972 - Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champ
1972 - Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi
1972 - Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
1972 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-13
1973 - 23rd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 104-84 at Chicago
1973 - Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs
1973 - Jordan Air crash at Kano, Nigeria kills 176 Moslem pilgrims
1973 - Pres Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War
1974 - 1st edition of women's magazine "Story"
1975 - "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV
1975 - Ralph Kiner elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
1976 - Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide
1976 - Wash Caps end 25 game winless streak (0-22-3) beat NY Rangers 7-5
1977 - $1.5-million Serge Lepage dress exhibited, Paris
1977 - Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC
1978 - Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris
1978 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 14-13
1979 - Willie Mays elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1981 - 1st Richard Nixon museum opens (San Clemente Calif)
1981 - Jochem Bird elected mayor of West Berlin
1981 - Mike Bossy becomes 1st in NHL to score 50 goals in 50 games
1981 - Red Sox trade Fred Lynn to Angels for Frank Tanana & Joe Rudi
1982 - Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date)
1982 - World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2
1983 - "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC
1983 - Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis
1983 - Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $14,700,000
1983 - In NBA, Portland scores all 17 pts in overtime to beat Houston 113-96
1983 - Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean
1983 - Schöne skates ladies world record 5 km (7:40.97)
1984 - Buffalo Sabres win NHL record 10th straight road game
1984 - Greatest unpaced 1-hr bicycle distance, F Moser (Italy), 51.15 km
1984 - Hulk Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to become WWF champ
1985 - Britains House of Lords debate 1st televised
1986 - "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 13 perfs
1986 - Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB
1986 - 1st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Ev
1987 - Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
1987 - Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion)
1988 - 45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas
1988 - 62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76)
1988 - Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
1988 - Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, rou
1989 - Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
1989 - NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak
1990 - Dean Jones scores twin Test tons v Pakistan at Adelaide Oval
1991 - "Seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV
1991 - World's largest oil spill, caused by embattled Iraqi forces in Kuwait
1992 - "Visit" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1993 - 50th Golden Globes: Scent of a Woman, wins
1993 - Graham Gooch scores his 100th 100, on tour at Cuttack
1993 - Indian Airlines B737 crashes art Aurangabad, 61 die
1993 - NY Newsday reports Ore Sen Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women
1993 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan
1994 - Bernie Kosar is 2nd QB to throw TD passes in AFC & NFC Champ games
1994 - Worldwide Day for peace in Bosnia-Hercegovina
1996 - Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test NZ v Zim
1998 - Pope John Paul II condemns US embargo against Cuba
3268 - Beginning of 2nd Julian Period (1/1 OS)
Deaths
1002 - Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21
1356 - Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies
1516 - Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63
1548 - Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57
1622 - William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38
1639 - Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
1648 - Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40
1708 - Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80
1800 - Edward Rutledge, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50
1805 - Vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63
1806 - William Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46
1813 - George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73
1814 - Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52
1837 - John Field, composer, dies at 54
1838 - Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67
1845 - Francesco Ruggi, composer, dies at 77
1864 - Michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50
1875 - Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55
1879 - Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42
1883 - Gustave Dor‚, French illustrator, dies at 51
1891 - Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21
1893 - Jos‚ Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies at 75
1898 - W A Remy, composer, dies at 66
1908 - Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47
1913 - Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated
1921 - Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83
1926 - D‚sir‚ J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74
1926 - Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55
1931 - Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies
1936 - Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62
1939 - Ernst Blaá, writer, dies
1939 - Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide
1941 - Dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65
1943 - Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56
1944 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80
1945 - Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 3
1946 - Feliks Nowowiejski, composer, dies at 68
1946 - Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72
1947 - Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79
1947 - Roy Park, cricketer (prolific Victorian bat & official), dies
1956 - Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62
1957 - Willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25
1964 - Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80
1966 - Jo van Ammers-Kller, Dutch playwright (Opstandigen), dies at 81
1969 - Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86
1975 - Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94
1976 - Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44
1976 - Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77
1977 - Bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73
1978 - Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74
1978 - Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32
1981 - Bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66
1981 - Samuel Barber, US composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70
1982 - Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83
1984 - Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92
1986 - Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64
1989 - Salvador Dal¡, Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84
1990 - Albert Collins, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 57
1990 - Mariano Rumor, Italy's PM (1968-70, 73-1974), dies
1992 - Freddie Bartholomew, child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67
1992 - Ian Wolfe, actor (Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95
1992 - Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to Pres De Klerk, dies
1993 - Dudley Stevens, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57
1993 - Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies
1994 - Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76
1994 - Oliver Smith, US set designer (Guys & Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 7
1994 - Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44
1994 - Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95
1995 - Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at 100
1995 - Ken Hill, playwright/director, dies at 57
1995 - Michael Whalley Wickham, artist, dies at 91
1995 - Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright, dies at 75
1996 - John Mackin, programmer, dies at 36
1996 - Norman MacCaig, poet, dies at 85
1996 - Shirley Carter Burden, patrician, dies at 54
1997 - Charles Craig, opera singer, dies at 77
1997 - David Waller, actor (Lady Jane, Perfect Friday, Hannay), dies at 76
1997 - Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer, dies at 68
1997 - Laura "Dinky" Patterson, dies bungee jump at Superbowl rehearsal at 4
1997 - Randy Greenawalt, convicted killer, executed by injection at 47
1997 - Richard Berry, lyricist (Louie Louie), dies at 61
1997 - Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, dies at 67
1998 - Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies
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