306 – St Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1787 – Spanish governor leaves the Philippines
1829 – First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.
1974 – Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy, Australopithecus) discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia’s Afar Depression
1986 – “Flamenco Puro” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 40 performances
1991 – 56th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 13-6 in Birmingham
1645 – Andreas Werkmeister, composer
1916 – Michael Gwynn, Bath England, actor (Village of Damned, Question 7)
1943 – Terrence Malick, film director (Badlands, The Tree of Life), born in Ottawa, Illinois
1970 – Natalie Williams, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-96), born in Long Beach, California
1972 – Adeline Ong, Miss Universe-Malaysia (1996)
1984 – Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
1718 – Charles XII, king of Sweden (1697-1718), dies during a siege of the fortress Fredriksten in Norway at 36
1972 – Valentin Ruiz Azner, composer, dies at 70
1983 – George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies
1997 – Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans, historian, dies at 37
2008 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958)
2011 – Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, referred to as King Leka I by Albanian monarchists (b. 1939)