Historical Events
1915 - US Marines occupy Haiti
1939 - First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning
1944 - Siege of Leningrad lifted by the Soviets after 880 days and more than 2 million Russians killed
1963 - Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Elmer Flick, and John Clarkson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1992 - "Crazy He Calls Me" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 7 performances
1997 - 24th American Music Awards: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win
Famous Birthdays
1889 - Balthasar van der Pol, Dutch physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol), born in Utrecht , Netherlands (d. 1959)
1912 - E. R. Braithwaite, diplomat and writer (To Sir with Love), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2016)
1929 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist (d. 1984)
1948 - Kim Gardner, English rock bassist (Ashton, Gardner and Dyke), born in London (d. 2001)
1954 - Joko Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist, born in Yawatahama, Ehime, Japan
1970 - Carlos Javier Bernardo, Dutch prince
Famous Deaths
1540 - Angela Merici, Italian religious educator, founder of the Ursuline Order of nuns, and Roman Catholic saint, dies at 65
1927 - Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army
1972 - Richard Courant, German-American mathematician, dies at 84
2000 - Mae Faggs Starr, American athlete, 4x100m runner (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 67
2006 - Roger Durham Hannay, American composer and teacher, dies at 75
2017 - Benny Barth, American session and touring jazz drummer, dies at 86
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