Historical Events
1979 – US House of Representatives begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN
1983 – France (16-9 v Wales) and Ireland (25-15 v England) win final round matches to finish level and share the Five Nations Rugby Championship; no tie-break procedure exists before 1993
1995 – American Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
2014 – Israel sends airforce against Syrian military units involved in an attack yesterday on an Israeli patrol in the Golan Heights
2018 – World’s last male northern white rhino, 45-year-old Sudan, dies in Kenya
2020 – State of California with 910 cases of COVID-19 locks down and orders people to “stay at home”
Famous Birthdays
1928 – Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), born in Queens, New York (d. 2009)
1942 – David Minge, American judge and politician (Rep-D-Minnesota 1993-2001), born in Clarkfield, Minnesota
1946 – Bigas Luna, director/writer (Anguish)
1964 – Jake Weber, British actor
1976 – Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress (Clueless -“Cher Horowitz”), born in Toronto, Ontario
1993 – Munro Chambers, Canadian actor (DeGrassi, 2010-15), born in Ajax, Ontario
Famous Deaths
1279 – Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)
1623 – Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
1822 – Valentin Haüy, French professor “interpreter to the King”, founded the first school for the blind, dies at 76
1913 – William Chatterton, English cricket batsman (1 Test, HS 48; Derbyshire CCC) and soccer forward (Derby County FC), dies from tuberculosis at 51
1914 – Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)
1981 – Frank Lane, American MLB executive (GM Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, KC Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers), dies at 85
