Historical Events
1880 - Gotthard railway tunnel between Switzerland and Italy completed
1904 - Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7-man Panama Canal Commission to proceed with completing a canal at the Isthmus
1940 - 12th Academy Awards - "Gone with the Wind" wins eight Oscars, Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh also win
1940 - Hattie McDaniel becomes 1st black woman to win an Oscar
1944 - US troop land on Los Negros, Admirality Islands
1952 - Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Ria Falk and Paul Falk of GER
Famous Birthdays
1724 - Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d. 1822)
1928 - Joss Ackland, actor (Queenie, To Kill a Priest), born in London, England
1952 - Raisa Smetanina, USSR, cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1976, 80, 92)
1968 - Naoko Iijima, Japanese actress
1968 - Cary Conklin, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers)
1984 - Darren Ambrose, English footballer
Famous Deaths
1908 - John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, first Governor-General of Australia (as Lord Hopetoun)
1916 - Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor/composer (Parisina), dies at 62
1944 - Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861)
1992 - Ruth Pitter, English poet (b. 1897)
1996 - Joe Minogue, journalist, dies at 72
2000 - Dennis Danell, American artist (b. 1961)
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