Historical Events 1841 - 1st US steam fire engine tested‚ NYC 1930 - 1st US radio broadcast from a ship at sea 1941 - Britain leases defense bases in Trinidad to US for 99 years 1957 - 29th Academy Awards: "Around World in 80 Days"‚ Ingrid Bergman‚ Yul Brynner win 1982 - Randy Holt sets Wash Cap record of 34 penalty minutes 2021 - 114 people including children killed in one day by armed forces in Myanmar‚ with more than 420 killed since protests began against the military coup More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1845 - Wilhelm Röntgen‚ German physicist who discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901)‚ born in Lennep‚ Rhine Province (d. 1923) 1921 - Harold Nicholas‚ American dancer known as one of the world's greatest dancers (Nicholas Brothers)‚ born in Winston-Salem‚ North Carolina (d. 2000) 1939 - Maurice Petty‚ American auto racing crew chief‚ engine builder and team owner (Petty Enterprises‚ International Motorsports and NASCAR Hall of Fame)‚ born in Level Cross‚ North Carolina (d. 2020) 1970 - Elizabeth Mitchell‚ American actress (Lost)‚ born in Los Angeles‚ California 1972 - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink‚ Dutch footballer‚ born in Paramaribo‚ Suriname 1984 - Bonnie Milligan‚ American theater actress and singer (Kimberley Akimbo)‚ born in Decatur‚ Illinois More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1714 - Anton Ulrich‚ German Duke of Brunswick and poet‚ dies at 80 1916 - Susan Blow‚ American educator who pioneered kindergarten education and was known as the "Mother of the Kindergarten"‚ dies at 72 1982 - Fazlur Rahman Khan‚ Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect (Sears Tower‚ Chicago; John Hancock Center‚ Chicago; Metrodome‚ Minneapolis)‚ dies of a heart attack at 52 1993 - Kate Reid‚ British actress (The Andromeda Strain‚ Heaven Help US)‚ dies of cancer at 62 2003 - Paul Zindel‚ American writer (b. 1936) 2023 - Jocelyn Morlock‚ Canadian contemporary and post-modern classical composer (My Name is Amanda Todd; Bird in the Tangled Sky)‚ and music educator‚ dies at 53 More Famous Deaths »