Historical Events
1852 - Gustav Freytag's "Die Journalisten" premieres in Breslau
1956 - 1st test firing of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0
1963 - "Girl Who Came to Supper" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 112 perfs
1978 - "The Deer Hunter", directed by Michael Cimino and starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Meryl Streep, premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1979)
1985 - NBC premiere of thriller "Final Jeopardy", starring Richard Thomas and Mary Crosby
1985 - Ken O'Brien's 96 yard TD pass (NY Jet record) to Wesley Walker
Famous Birthdays
1911 - Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist (d. 1992)
1913 - Paul Félix, Flemish architect (Sun Song)
1918 - Ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett and Craig)
1922 - Lucian Freud, Berlin German, artist (Boy With a Rat)
1968 - Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator
1977 - Sébastien Chabal, French rugby union footballer
Famous Deaths
1785 - Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68
1896 - Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75
1952 - Charles Lightoller, English second officer on the Titanic (b. 1874)
1982 - Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies
1995 - Ernest LeRoy Boyer, educator, dies at 67
1996 - Howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46
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