Historical Events
1581 - James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland
1754 - Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity
1760 - Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.
1922 - Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater collapses.
1943 - Chic Blackhawks beats NY Rangers 10-1, Max Bentley scores 4 goals
1968 - Radiation alert following B-52 crash in Arctic air base of Thule in Greenland
Famous Birthdays
1627 - Alfonso Marsh, composer
1899 - Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger
1934 - BR White, principal (Regent's Park College-Oxford)
1955 - Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, President of France (2007-)
1966 - Jeff Uhlenhake, NFL center (NO Saints, Washington Redskins)
1980 - Nick Carter, singer (Backstreet Boys)
Famous Deaths
814 - Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
1560 - John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies
1754 - Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69
1829 - William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
1999 - Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1908)
2007 - Father Robert Drinan, Roman Catholic Priest and American politician (b. 1920)
from Today in History | HistoryOrb.com http://ift.tt/YbxDgc
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