Historical Events
1861 - Battle of Carnifex Ferry in Virginia; 170 casualties
1898 - Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by anarchist Luigi Lucheni
1969 - NY Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in first place for the first time
1984 - First episode of the daily syndicated TV game show "Jeopardy!" with Alex Trebek as host
2012 - 10,000 miners demonstrate at Lonmin Mines in Marikana, South Africa
Famous Birthdays
1861 - Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (Trold, der vejrer kristenblod), born in Vejen, Denmark (d. 1941)
1912 - William Oliver Everson, American poet, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1994)
1939 - Elisabeth Chojnacka, Polish harpsichordist, with works dedicated to her by over 80 composers, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2017)
1960 - Alison Bechdel, American cartoonist (Fun Home), born in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania
1982 - Misty Copeland, American ballerina (1st African American Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre), born in Kansas City Missouri
Famous Deaths
1922 - Arpad Szendy, Hungarian composer, dies at 59
1931 - Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (differential geometry and mathematical analysis), dies at 61
2007 - Ted Stepien, American businessman and basketball team owner, dies at 82
2018 - Peter Donat, Canadian-American actor (Flamingo Road, Different Story), dies of complications of diabetes at 90
2022 - Frank Cignetti Sr., American College Football HOF coach (West Virginia Uni, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; career college record 199–77–1), dies at 84
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