Historical Events
1558 - Elizabeth I aged 25, ascends the English throne upon death of her half sister, Queen "Bloody" Mary
1798 - Beginning of a 5 day New England Blizzard that covers thousands of houses and kills hundreds
1877 - Russia launches a surprise night attack that overruns Turkish forces at Kars, Armenia
1951 - Britain reports development of the world's first nuclear-powered heating system
1985 - NY Jets best offensive production beating Tampa Bay 62-28
1993 - US House of Representatives approve Nafta
Famous Birthdays
1911 - William Tannen, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), born in NYC, New York (d. 1976)
1927 - Ellis Hillman, politician
1928 - Colin McDonald, Australian cricket batsman (47 Tests, 5 x 100s; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2021)
1951 - Butch Davis, American football coach
1954 - Jorge Hernández, Cuban boxer Olympic gold light flyweight 1976; World C'ship gold 1974, 78), born in Havana, Cuba (d. 2019)
1966 - Jeff Nelson, pitcher (NY Yankees), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Famous Deaths
1600 - Kuki Yoshitaka, Japanese naval commander, commits seppuku (ritual suicide) after defeat at Battle of Sekigahara (b. 1542)
1968 - Wilhelm Lehmann, German writer, dies at 86
1982 - Duk Koo Kim, South Korean boxer, legally declared dead
1990 - Robert Hofstadter, American atomic physicist and Nobel laureate (electron scattering in atomic nuclei), dies at 75
2003 - Arthur Conley, American singer (b. 1946)
2017 - William Mayer, American composer (A Death in the Family, Brief Candle), dies from heart failure at 91
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