1860 - Shoe-making workers of Lynn, Massachusetts, strike successfully for higher wages
1928 - First solo flight from England to Australia lands in Darwin 15½ days after takeoff, piloted by Australian aviator Bert Hinkler
1936 - Sonja Henie of Norway follows up her Winter Olympics victory with an incredible 10th consecutive women’s World Championship figure skating gold medal in Paris, France
1960 - German skier Georg Thoma becomes the first non-Nordic athlete to win the Nordic combined event at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics
1982 - NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful)

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1542 - Santino Garsi da Parma, Italian lutenist and composer, born in Parma, Papal States (d. 1604)
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1950 - Miou-Miou [Sylvette Herry], French actress (Dog Day, My Other Husband), born in Paris, France
1969 - Joaquín Cortés, Spanish dancer, born in Córdoba, Spain
1971 - Mohammed Sylla, Guinean football player (Willem II, FC Martigues), born in Conakry, Guinea (d. 2010)

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