Today in History for 22nd December 2016:
Historical Events
1731 – Dutch people revolt against meat tax
1883 – August Strindberg’s “Lycko-Pers Reja” premieres
1907 – Saint-Saëns’/Fokine’s ballet “Le Cygne” premieres in St Petersburg
1984 – Bernhard Goetz shoots 4 black muggers on NYC subway train
1984 – Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” single goes #1 for 6 weeks
1984 – Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, v WI at the MCG
Famous Birthdays
1459 – Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II
1903 – Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across US in 86 days in 1960
1956 – Marcy Hanson, playmate (Oct, 1978), born in Galveston, Texas
1958 – Frank Gambale, Australian musician
1962 – Ralph Fiennes, English actor (Schindler’s List, The English Patient), born in Ipswich, Suffolk
1967 – Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer
Famous Deaths
1923 – Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67
1941 – Leopoldo Mugnone, composer, dies at 83
1971 – Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58
1986 – Celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84
1990 – Helene Stanley, actress (Carnival Story, Roar of the Crowd), dies
1991 – Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus and Eurydike), dies at 91