Historical Events
1816 - France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1971 - "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 3 performances
1992 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
1992 - AFC Championship Game: Buffalo Bills beat Denver Broncos 10-7
1997 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
1997 - NFC Championship Game: Green Bay Packers beat Carolina Panthers 30-13
Famous Birthdays
1749 - Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat
1861 - James Mark Baldwin, Columbia South Carolina, American Philosopher and Psychologist
1893 - Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (d. 1946)
1899 - Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948)
1975 - Jason Freese, American musician
1988 - Andrew Lawrence, American actor (Brotherly Love, Recess), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Famous Deaths
1807 - Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71
1928 - Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair
1940 - Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56
1986 - Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, Lumière du Soir), dies at 86
2002 - Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)
2009 - Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)
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