Historical Events
1843 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Don Pasquale," premieres in Paris
1954 - Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres
1961 - Longest recorded strike ends-33 yrs-Danish barbers' assistants
1976 - The Ulster Volunteer Force shoot dead 6 Catholic civilians in 2 co-ordinated attacks in County Armagh, North Ireland
2004 - 6th BCS National Championship: #2 LSU beats #1 Oklahoma, 21-14, at 70th Sugar Bowl
2013 - 8 people are killed by a gunman in Kawit, the Philippines
Famous Birthdays
1914 - Mohammed Sahir, shah (Afghanistan)
1916 - Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989)
1917 - Maurice Wohl, English broker/multi-millionaire
1960 - Michael Stipe, US rock vocalist (REM-Losing My Religion, Stand)
1962 - Laila Eloui, Egyptian actress
1977 - Irán Castillo, Mexican actress
Famous Deaths
1809 - Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67
1987 - Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91
1996 - Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83
2005 - Frank Harary, American mathematician (b. 1921)
2013 - Yevgeny Pepelyaev, Soviet fighter pilot, dies at 94
2013 - Sammy Johns, American country artist, dies at 66
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