1940 – Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz’s “Knock Knock”
1979 – 67th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 17-9
1979 – Pat Summerall and John Madden broadcast a game together for the first time, a pairing that would last 22 years and become one of the most well-known partnerships in TV sportscasting history
1986 – Oliver North’s secretary, Fawn Hall, smuggles documents out of his office
1989 – David Boon scores 200 v NZ at cricket WACA
2012 – 26th Soul Train Music Awards: Miguel, Beyoncé win
1507 – Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium)
1734 – Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, composer
1878 – Georg Kaiser, German playwright (The Burghers of Calais), born in Magdeburg (d. 1945)
1947 – John Larroquette, actor (Dan Fielding-Night Court), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1977 – Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver
1990 – Yasmin van der Meer, 15 millionth Netherlander
311 – Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr
1941 – Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People’s Front), dies
1948 – Charles D Brown, actor (Eve Knew Her Apples), dies at 61
1974 – Rosemary Lane, actress (Chatterbox, 4 Wives), dies at 61
1987 – Harold Washington, 1st African American mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65
2005 – George Best, Northern Irish footballer (Manchester United, Northern Ireland), dies at age 59 after suffering multiple organ failures