Today in History for 13th January 2018:
Historical Events
1785 – John Walter publishes 1st issue of “The Times” of London
1972 – An army commander stages a bloodless coup in Ghan, while the prime minister is in London
1982 – Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St Bridge in Washington, D.C., and falls into Potomac River, killing 78
1992 – US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane
1993 – STS-54 (Endeavour) launches into orbit
1994 – Italian government of Carlo Ciampi resigns
Famous Birthdays
1893 – Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
1926 – Michael Bond, British writer
1938 – Billy Gray, actor (Bud-Father Knows Best), born in Los Angeles, California
1952 – Cornelius Bumpus, American saxophonist and keyboardist (Doobie Bros), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2004)
1957 – Mark Francis O’Meara, Goldsboro NC, PGA golfer (1984 Greater Milw)
1972 – Richard Woodley, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
Famous Deaths
703 – Empress Jit? of Japan (b. 645)
1691 – George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66
1913 – Thomas P. Krag, Norwegian author and novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44
1988 – Chiang Ching-huo, president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies at 69
1994 – Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
2009 – Nancy Bird Walton, Australian aviator (b. 1915)