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Facts
1773 Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S)
1873 A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
1912 Captain Robert Scott's expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen
1941 Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II
1946 United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
1991 Operation Desert Storm begins, with US-led coalition forces bombing Iraq, during the Gulf War
Deaths
395 Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome, dies at 49
1654 Paul Potter, Dutch painter, buried
1891 George Bancroft, American historian and father of U.S. History, dies at 90
1893 Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th US President (Republican: 1877-81), dies of a heart attack at 70
1927 Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA, dies of breast cancer at 66
1964 T. H. White, English author of the King Arthur novels, dies of heart failure at 57
1996 Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist, dies at 83
2008 Bobby Fischer, American world chess champion (1972-75), dies of renal failure at 64
2015 Greg Plitt, American fitness model and entrepreneur, dies when hit by a train at 37
Sport
1916 1st PGA Championship: Jim Barnes at Siwanoy CC Bronxville, New York
1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1997 NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking cameraman
Films and TV
1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)
2000 27th American Music Awards: Shania Twain & Will Smith win
2010 67th Golden Globes: Avatar, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock win
Born on this day
1964 Michelle Obama, 1st African-American US First Lady (2009-16), born in DeYoung, Illinois
1980 Zooey Deschanel, American actress (Almost Famous, New Girl), born in Los Angeles, California
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Bobby Fischer
Greg Plitt