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Facts
211 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta
960 Coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of the Song, initiating three centuries of Song Dynasty dominance in southern China
1789 1st US electoral college chooses George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice-President
1844 World's oldest known Bible, "The Codex Sinaiticus" (Sinai Bible), is discovered or stolen in Egypt by Constantin von Tischendorf
1865 Robert E. Lee is named general-in-chief of Confederate forces
1969 The Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat chairman of the PLO
1988 Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US federal grand jury for drug trafficking and racketeering
2004 Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room
2014 Same-sex marriage is legalized in Scotland
Deaths
211 Lucius Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64
1553 Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37
1746 Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46
1880 James Donnelly, Irish-Canadian patriarch of the "Black Donnellys", murdered in the Black Donnelly massacre at 63
1943 Frank Calder, 1st NHL president, dies
1959 Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78
1975 Louis Jordan, American musician, songwriter and bandleader (Caldonia), dies of a heart attack at 66
1987 Liberace, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67
1991 Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako: Jaws of Death), dies at 64
2000 Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
2006 Betty Friedan, American writer and feminist, dies of congestive heart failure at 85
2016 Dave Mirra, American BMX rider, commits suicide at 41
Sport
1924 1st Winter Olympic games close at Chamonix, France
1932 3rd Winter Olympic games open in Lake Placid, NY
1990 Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
2001 51st NHL All-Star Game: North America beats World 14-12 at Denver, Colorado
Films and TV
1924 George Kelly's play "Show-Off," premieres in New York City
1952 1st African American executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY)
1994 10th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
Born on this day
1948 Alice Cooper, [Vincent Furnier], rocker (School's Out), born in Detroit, Michigan
1988 Jeff Horn, Australian professional boxer (WBO welterweight title 2017), born in Brisbane, Australia
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Liberace
Dave Mirra
