Historical Events
37 - Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula = Little Boots) emperor
1904 - First performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)"
1962 - 7th Eurovision Song Contest: Isabelle Aubret for France wins singing "Un premier amour" in Luxembourg
1963 - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker, Algeria
1973 - "Seesaw" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 296 performances
2018 - Vladimir Putin is elected to a new six-year term as Russian President with 76% of the vote, his fourth term
Famous Birthdays
1690 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)
1931 - Jürgen Schadeberg, German-born South African photographer who photographed apartheid struggle, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2020)
1937 - Rudi Altig, German cyclist
1948 - Lockwood Phillips, American radio host
1961 - Hanna Kulenty, Polish contemporary classical composer (Preludium, Postludium and Psalm), born in Białystok, Poland
1977 - Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player
Famous Deaths
1696 - Robert Charnock, English conspirator
1875 - Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43
1975 - Alain Grandbois, French Canadian poet (Né à Québec: Louis Jolliet), dies at 74
1985 - Jack Miller, Ameerican orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
1996 - Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet (Nobel Prize 1979) dies at 84
2009 - Natasha Richardson, English actress (Gothic, Handmaid's Tale), dies of a traumatic brain injury at 45
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