Historical Events
1890 - Alice Sanger becomes 1st female White House staffer
1960 - Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres
1999 - 65th Orange Bowl: #7 Florida beats #18 Syracuse, 31-10
2001 - Sila Calderón becomes the first female Governor of Puerto Rico.
2001 - 67th Sugar Bowl: #3 Miami beats #7 Florida, 37-20
2013 - 79th Sugar Bowl: #21 Louisville beats #3 Florida, 33-23
Famous Birthdays
1894 - Robert Nathan, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie), born in NYC, New York
1920 - Penelope Jessel, politcal activist
1930 - Julius LaRosa, American singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air), born in Brooklyn, New York
1952 - Wendy Phillips, American actress (Executive Suite, Promised Land), born in Brooklyn, New York
1968 - Cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)
1970 - Robert Fertitta, American opera singer
Famous Deaths
1685 - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)
1763 - John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72
1961 - Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies
1963 - Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
2007 - Robert C. Solomon, American scholar of continental philosophy (b. 1942)
2011 - Richard D. Winters, American Army officer (b.1918)
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