Historical Events
1954 - Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
1993 - Blockbuster Bowl 3: Stanford beats Penn State, 24-3
1993 - 79th Rose Bowl: #7 Michigan beats #9 Washington, 38-31
2007 - Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages
2007 - 36th Fiesta Bowl: #9 Boise State beats #7 Oklahoma, 43-42 (OT)
Famous Birthdays
766 - Ali al-Rida [Abū al-Ḥasan al-Thānī], 8th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam and descendant of the prophet Muhammad, born in Medina, Abbasid Caliphate (d. 818) [approximate birthdate]
1711 - Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier whose unit is considered one of the worst in European history due to insubordination and plundering, born in Reggio di Calabria (d. 1749)
1848 - John W. Goff, American lawyer and judge known for his part in the Catalpa Rescue, born in Gorey, Ireland (d. 1924)
1890 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and founder of the Anton Melik Geographical Institute (The Geography of Slovenia), born in Črna Vas, Austrio-Hungarian Empire (d. 1966)
1970 - Gabriel Jarret, American actor (Real Genius, Apollo 13), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1957 - Seán South, Irish Republican Army volunteer, killed during the Brookeborough Raid, at 28
1994 - Arthur Porritt, New Zealand athlete (Olympic bronze 100m 1924) and 11th governor-general of New Zealand 1967-72, dies at 93
1996 - Orapin Chaiyakan, first Thai woman elected to the Parliament of Thailand, dies at 91
2006 - Dawn Lake, Australian TV comedienne, dies at 78
2015 - Jeff Golub, American jazz guitarist (Avenue Blue; Rod Stewart), dies of a rare brain disease at 59
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