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Historical Events
1160 - Jean Bodels "Jeu de St Nicholas" premieres in Arras
1732 - 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players in New York
1964 - "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
1969 - Oscar Brown, Jr's musical "Buck White", starring Muhammad Ali, closes at George Abbott Theatre, NYC, after 7 performances
1988 - Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets v WI at the WACA but Australia lose
2018 - Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry explodes for franchise-record 238 yards and 4 touchdowns in 30-9 win v Jacksonville Jaguars in Nashville; 99-yard TD run ties Dallas Cowboys HOF RB Tony Dorsett's longest run in NFL history
1814 - Juan Prim, Spanish general and politician (Prime Minister, 1869-70), born in Reus, Catalonia (d. 1870)
1890 - Dion Fortune, British occultist and author (Psychic Self-Defence, The Mystical Qabalah), born in Llandudno, Wales (d. 1946)
1948 - Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German rocker (Stinker), born in Düsseldorf, Germany
1951 - Gerry Francis, English footballer and manager, born in Chiswick, London
1976 - Colleen Haskell, American television personality (Survivor: Borneo 2000 contestant), born in Bethesda, Maryland
1979 - Luke Letlow, American businessman and politician, elected to US House of Representatives for Louisiana, but died before taking office, born in Monroe, Louisiana (d. 2020)
1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter, dies at 80
1855 - William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist, dies at 66
1991 - Jack Hunter {John Averona], American big band vocalist (Elliot Lawrence Orchestra - "Apple Blossom Time"), dies at 72
1992 - (Karl) Yngve Sköld, Swedish organist, pianist, and composer, dies at 93
2019 - Jo Ann Washam, American golfer (Women's PGA C'ship 1975 3rd; 3 LPGA Tour titles), dies at 69
2022 - Mills Lane, American boxing referee (Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II 1997; International Boxing HOF) and television personality ('Judge Mills Lane'), dies at 85