Other Events
1554 – Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil.
1858 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular
wedding recessional after it is played at the marriage of Queen
Victoria’s daughter.
1924 – The WInter Olimpic Games begin.
1949 – The first Emmy Awards are presented.
1961 – In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
1969 – Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him 10 machine guns and 63 rifles.
1971 – Charles Manson and three female “Family” members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
1996 – Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United
States of America.
Births
750 – Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (d. 780)
1477 – Anna, Duchess of Brittany, wife of Charles VIII of France (d. 1514)
1509 – Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (d. 1580)
1615 – Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (d. 1660)
1627 – Robert Boyle, Irish chemist (d. 1691)
1634 – Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (d. 1688)
