1946 - "The Duchess Misbehaves" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 5 performances
1982 - Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad
1992 - LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
1998 - Tellabs Inc acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million
2014 - Netherlands sweeps the medals in the women's 1,500m speed skating at the Sochi Winter Olympics; Jorien ter Mors wins gold ahead of team mates Ireen Wüst and Lotte van Beek
2018 - Sochi (2014) Olympic downhill champion Matthias Mayer of Austria wins the super-G gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Games
1886 - Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 and 2) Soccer intl)
1932 - Nand Baert, Belgian radio/TV-host
1946 - J R Farndon, British consultant surgeon
1962 - Tony Kiley, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
1964 - Bebeto [José Roberto Gama de Oliveira], Brazilian footballer, born in Salvador, Brazil
1974 - Kimberly Dawn Whipany, Oklahoma, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)
1917 - Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)
1919 - Vera Kholodnaya, Russian film star (b. 1893)
1973 - Pieter Van der Bijl, cricketer (outstanding S Af bat in 1938-39), dies
2006 - Johnny Grunge, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
2013 - Tony Sheridan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist who collaborated with The Beatles, dies at 72
2019 - Theodore Isaac Rubin, American psychiatrist and author credited with popularising psychotherapy, dies at 95