Historical Events
1822 - Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa
1913 - National Institute of Arts and Letters founded
1962 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt
1962 - Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
1968 - "Golden Rainbow" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 355 performances
1994 - 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
Famous Birthdays
1910 - Alfred Mendelsohn, composer
1914 - Alfred Andersch, German writer (Red Head)
1958 - Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer
1968 - Marko Matvere, Estonian actor
1978 - Laurence Borremans, Miss Belgium Universe (1997)
1982 - Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist
Famous Deaths
1505 - Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40
1896 - Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73
1928 - Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74
1982 - Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack
1982 - Alex Harvey, Scottish musician (b. 1935)
1994 - Justinus Darmojuwono, Indonesian archbishop/cardinal, dies at 79
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