Historical Events
1282 - Llywelyn ab Gruffydd/Llywelyn the Last (b. c.1228), the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales. Reigned from 1259
1719 - 1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in north American colonies (New England)
1928 - Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover
1950 - Hindemiths Concerto for clarinet, premieres
1992 - WNEW AM radio on 1130 in NYC ends transmitting after 58 years
2012 - British physicist, Stephen Hawking, wins the $3 million Fundamental Physics Prize, the most lucrative academic prize in the world
Famous Birthdays
1911 - Vincent Henry Kemp, poet
1922 - Grace Paley, writer (1970 Arts and Letters Award)
1930 - Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress
1962 - Kim Linehan, swimmer (1979 1500m World record)
1966 - Leon Lai, Hong Kong Cantonese singer/actor
1982 - Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine racing driver
Famous Deaths
1686 - Louis II Condé, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65
1737 - John Strype, English historian (b. 1643)
1945 - Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867)
1972 - Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Zolushka), dies at 66
1998 - André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)
2013 - Nadir Afonso, Portuguese artist, dies at 93
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