Historical Events
1625 - Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland ascends the English throne
1936 - WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air
1948 - The Second Congress of the Workers' Party of North Korea is convened
1958 - Havana Hilton opens in Cuba, later HQ for Fidel Castro
1962 - NHL Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante ties record winning 6th NHL Vezina trophy
2019 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country is now a "space power" after successfully shooting down a satellite from space in a ballistic missile test
Famous Birthdays
1886 - Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader, born in Urzhum, Russia (d. 1934)
1912 - Robert Watson Hughes, Scottish-Australian composer, born in Levan, Inverclyde, Scotland (d. 2007)
1925 - John Bayley, English academic and writer (Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch), born in Lahore, British India (d. 2015)
1934 - Arthur Mitchell, African-American choreographer (Dance Theater of Harlem), born in New York
1970 - Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress (Lost), born in Los Angeles, California
1981 - Terry McFlynn, Northern Irish footballer, born in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Famous Deaths
1757 - Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39
1923 - James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet), dies at 80
1969 - B[runo] Traven, writer (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), writer whose identity is disputed, dies at possibly 87
1988 - Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67
2006 - Ian Hamilton Finlay, Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener, dies at 80
2008 - Jean-Marie Balestre, French president of motor sport's FIA, dies at 86
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