1871 – Moses F Gale patents a cigar lighter (NYC)
1944 – Personnel and executive staff of Philips demonstrate for more food
1947 – Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to win National Boxing Association world heavyweight title
1965 – 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel
1971 – NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
1974 – Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford’s veto
1908 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author (d. 1994)
1921 – Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls, Skirts Ahoy), born in Newark, New Jersey
1953 – Tina Brown, journalist publisher (New Yorker, Tattler)
1959 – Tim Wilkison, Shelby NC, tennis player (WCT Atlanta finals-1986)
1965 – Alexander Siddig, British actor
1977 – Tobias Sammet, German singer (Edguy)
1652 – Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
1922 – Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist (b. 1874).
1940 – Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
1975 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), dies at 86
1980 – Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
2007 – Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)