Today in History for 14th December 2016:
Historical Events
1702 – The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of ?ishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.
1793 – 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati
1913 – Greece formally takes possession of Crete
1945 – Elmer Rice’ “Dream Girl” premieres in NYC
1950 – UN Gen Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
1978 – “Ballroom” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 116 performances
Famous Birthdays
1830 – Allen Thomas, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1907)
1922 – Don Hewitt, CBS news executive producer (60 Minutes), born in NYC, New York
1922 – Charley Trippi, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)
1939 – Ernie [Ernest] Davis, American football player 1st African American to win Heisman Trophy (1961)
1958 – Steven Rock-Savage, Mellville Louisiana, (LSU), actor
1971 – Natascha McElhone, English actress
Famous Deaths
1945 – Josef Kramer, known as “beast of Belsen,” and 10 others, hanged
1967 – Frank Moran, American heavyweight boxer and film actor, dies of a heart attack at 80
1971 – Dick Tiger, Nigerian-born boxer (b. 1929)
1990 – Johannes von Thurn und Taxis, prince in Germany, dies at 64
1997 – Owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99
2013 – Peter O’Toole, Irish actor, dies at 81