1868 - 1st British government of Benjamin Disraeli forms 1892 - St. Petersburg‚ Florida is incorporated 1952 - Ice Dance Championship at Paris France won by Westwood and Demmy of Great Britain 1952 - Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Ria Falk and Paul Falk of West Germany 1956 - MLB's Cleveland Indians franchise is sold for nearly $4m; former player and the team’s general manager Hank Greenberg is part of the new ownership group 1968 - Howard Hanson's 6th Symphony‚ premieres 1968 - Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" wins Grammy Award for Album of the Year‚ the first rock LP to do so 1984 - Swedish center Patrik Sundström scores a goal and adds 6 assists as Vancouver Canucks beat the Penguins 9-5 in Pittsburgh; just the 3rd player in NHL history to record 6 assists in a road game 1988 - New Zealand cricket batsman Mark Greatbatch scores an unbeaten 107 on debut to rescue a draw in 2nd Test v England at Eden Park‚ Auckland 2004 - 76th Academy Awards: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King‚" Sean Penn and Charlize Theron win More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1720 - Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns 1768 - Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski joins the Bar Confederation to defend the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth against Russian influence 1948 - Stern-group bomb on Cairo-Haifa train kills 27 British soldiers 1968 - US end regular flights with nuclear bombs 1980 - Future Hockey Hall of Fame right wing Gordie Howe scores in the 3rd period to become first NHL player to score 800 career goals as Hartford Whalers beat St. Louis Blues‚ 3-0 at Springfield Civic Center 1980 - Michael Bracey ends 59 h 55 m trapped in an elevator‚ England More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1860 - Herman Hollerith‚ American inventor (1st electric tabulating machine)‚ born in Buffalo‚ New York (d. 1929) 1924 - David Beattie‚ New Zealand judge‚ Governor-General of NZ (1980-85)‚ born in Sydney‚ Australia (d. 2001) 1944 - Ene Ergma‚ Estonian politician 1952 - Raúl González‚ Mexican racewalker (Olympic gold 50k 1984; WR 1978 3:45:52 and 3:41:20)‚ born in China‚ Nuevo León‚ Mexico 1956 - (Jonathan) "Jono" Coleman‚ British-Australian television and radio‚ writer‚ and comedian‚ born in Hackney‚ England (d. 2021) 1980 - Clinton Toopi‚ New Zealand rugby league centre (22 Tests; Auckland Warriors‚ Leeds Rhinos)‚ born in Stratford‚ New Zealand More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1592 - Alessandro Striggio‚ Italian composer (b. 1540) 1744 - John Theophilus Desaguliers‚ French-British natural philosopher and freemason‚ dies at 60 1968 - Lena Blackburne‚ American baseball infielder‚ manager‚ coach (Chicago White Sox; discovered rubbing clay to take the shine off baseballs)‚ dies at 81 2012 - Davy Jones‚ British singer and actor (The Monkees - "Daydream Believer")‚ dies from heart attack at 66 2020 - Éva Székely‚ Hungarian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1952; silver 1956; first WR 400m individual medley 1953)‚ dies at 92 2020 - Bill Roe‚ American sports executive (President USA Track and Field 2000-2008)‚ dies at 69 More Famous Deaths »