Historical Events
1598 - Boris Godunov crowned tsar
1874 - Benjamin Disraeli succeeds William Gladstone as British Prime Minister
1902 - Dr Harvey Cushing, 1st US brain surgeon, performs his 1st brain operation
1942 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Bobby Specht
1953 - Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
1961 - Gabon adopts constitution
Famous Birthdays
1783 - Princess Catharina of Württemberg, Queen consort of Westphalia (d. 1835)
1836 - Emil Hartmann, composer
1876 - Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (d. 1956)
1964 - Alana Soares, Redondo Beach Ca, playmate (Mar, 1983)
1969 - Petra Kronberger, Austrian alpine skiier (Olympic-gold-1992)
1978 - Nicole Parker, American actress
Famous Deaths
1842 - Wojciech Zywny, composer, dies at 85
1938 - Albert Huybrechts, composer, dies at 39
1974 - Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player and co-founder of Tim Hortons, dies in a car crash at 44
1986 - Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, once thought to be the world's oldest man ever but now disputed (b. 1865)
1997 - Michael Hollings, catholic priest/crusader, dies at 75
2012 - Baron Hooson [Hugh Emlyn], British politician and peer, dies at 86
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