1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by Soviet secret police in Hungary
1947 - Ammunition factory explodes in Muiden, Netherlands, 16 die
1974 - Asylum Records releases "Court and Spark", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 6th studio album; features the songs "Help Me" and "Free Man In Paris", it becomes her biggest seller
1988 - NFC Championship, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Minnesota Vikings, 17-10
2003 - 8th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: Chicago Best Picture
2010 - A dragon boat from Chung Ling High School capsizes and collides with a tugboat amid strong currents in Penang, Malaysia, killing 6 people and injuring 12
1706 - Benjamin Franklin, US Founding Father, inventor, ambassador and writer (Poor Richards Almanac), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1790)
1905 - Franz Schmid, German ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931)
1920 - George Handy [Hendleman], American bebop jazz arranger, pianist and composer (Handyland, U.S.A.), born in New York City (d. 1997)
1959 - Susanna Hoffs, American actress and musician (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian), born in Los Angeles, California
1975 - Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher), born in Chelmsford, United Kingdom
1980 - Zooey Deschanel, American actress (Almost Famous; Elf; New Girl), and singer (She and Him), born in Los Angeles, California
1863 - Horace Vernet, French painter of battles and Orientalist subjects, dies at 73
1874 - Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, die at 62
1917 - Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70
1994 - Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor Sax Player, dies at 66
1995 - Urias Nooteboom, Dutch journalist/critic (The Time), dies at 54
2012 - Marty Springstead, American Major League baseball umpire and umpire supervisor, dies of heart attack at 74