Historical Events 1905 - Cairo-Capetown railway opens 1987 - IBM introduces PS/2 and OS/2 1995 - Longest strike in American major league sports history (232 days) ends as MLB owners accept players’ offer to return to work without a contract; MLB is first major pro sports league to lose an entire postseason due to labor struggles 1996 - Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves‚ 105-103 at General Motors Place Arena to end their NBA single-season record 23-game consecutive loss streak 2010 - Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant signs a three-year contract extension with the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers worth $87 million 2013 - Uruguay passes legislation to legalize same-sex marriage More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1740 - Armand-Gaston Camus‚ French revolutionary and Chairman of the Council of 500‚ born in Paris (d. 1804) 1900 - Roberto Arlt‚ Argentine writer (The Seven Madmen)‚ born in Buenos Aires‚ Argentina (d. 1942) 1910 - Arnie Herber‚ American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback (NFL C'ship 1930‚ 31‚ 36‚ 39; First-team All-Pro 1932‚ 35‚ 36; Green Bay Packers‚ NY Giants)‚ born in Green Bay‚ Wisconsin (d. 1969) 1963 - Dermot Reeve‚ English cricket all-rounder (3 Tests‚ 29 ODIs)‚ born in Kowloon‚ Hong Kong 1982 - Jeremy Bloom‚ American alpine skier (FIS Freestyle World Ski C'ships gold dual moguls 2003) and football wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles‚ Pittsburgh Steelers)‚ born in Loveland‚ Colorado 1982 - Leyla Milani‚ Iranian-Canadian actress and model‚ born in Toronto‚ Ontario More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1787 - Francisco Javier Clavijero‚ Mexican Jesuit teacher and writer‚ dies at 55 1956 - Chester Clute‚ American actor ("Arsenic and Old Lace"; "Too Many Girls"; "Niagara Falls")‚ dies of a heart attack at 65 1980 - Pascual de Rogatis‚ Argentine composer (Huemac; Estampas Argentinas)‚ dies at 99 1993 - Eugenie Leontovitch‚ Russian actress (Homicidal‚ The Rains of Ranchipur)‚ dies at 93 1995 - Harvey Penick‚ American golfer‚ coach‚ author (World Golf Hall of Fame)‚ dies of degenerative arthritis at 90 2002 - Henry Slesar‚ American writer and playwright (The Edge of Night)‚ dies at 74 More Famous Deaths »