Historical Events
1971 - Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, v England at Adelaide
1984 - President Reagan formally announces he will seek a 2nd term
1988 - Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
1989 - Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt
2006 - US 39-cent stamp is released featuring Hattie McDaniel in the dress she wore in 1940 when she became the 1st African-American actress to accept an Academy Award
2012 - 28th Sundance Film Festival: "The House I Live In", directed by Eugene Jarecki, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
Famous Birthdays
1754 - Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)
1873 - Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italy, explorer/climber (Mt St Elias)
1889 - Francisco Santiago, composer
1943 - Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Abbot of Downside
1945 - Jim Nicholson, Irish politician
1950 - Jody Schecter, South African auto maker (World Driver's 1979)
Famous Deaths
1676 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
1960 - Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54
1988 - Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46
1995 - Chris de Marigny, painter/designer, dies at 52
2009 - Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (b. 1939)
2013 - Frank Hahn, British economist, dies at 87
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