Historical Events 1936 - "The Great Ziegfeld" directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring William Powell and Luise Rainer premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1937 1971 - 6th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Lynn Anderson win 1986 - HBO launches boxing's heavyweight-title-unification-tournament 1994 - South African government and ANC take power in Ciskei homeland 2021 - Sanctions imposed on Chinese officials over rights abuses against Uighurs in China by EU‚ UK‚ US and Canada 2022 - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party reaches a deal with opposition New Democratic Party to stay in power till 2025 More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1609 - John II Casimir Vasa [Jan Kazimierz]‚ King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1648-68)‚ born in Kraków‚ Poland (d. 1672) 1720 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin‚ French architect who introduced Neoclassical architecture to Denmark‚ born in St. Germain des Noyers (d. 1799) 1925 - Colin Spedding‚ British biologist and animal welfare advocate (d. 2012) 1934 - Orrin Hatch‚ American politician (US Senator from Utah (R)‚ 1977-2019) longest-serving Utah US Senator‚ born in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania (d. 2022) 1941 - Jeremy Clyde‚ English pop singer and guitarist (Chad and Jeremy - "A Summer Song") and actor (The Iron Lady)‚ born in Dorney‚ Buckinghamshire 1946 - Laraine Ashton‚ fashion models' agent (London) More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1758 - Jonathan Edwards‚ American Christian preacher‚ philosopher‚ and theologian (Original Sin)‚ dies at 54 1771 - Gottlieb Rabener‚ German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire)‚ dies at 56 1959 - Olga Knipper. Russian-Soviet stage actress‚ and wife of Anton Chekhov‚ dies at 1996 - Don Murray‚ American drummer (The Turtles)‚ dies from post-operative complications at 50 1996 - Robert Franklin Overmyer‚ astronaut (STS 5‚ STS 51-B)‚ dies at 59 2017 - Francine Hughes Wilson‚ American domestic abuse victim "The Burning Bed" who changed pubic perceptions‚ dies at 69 More Famous Deaths »