1943 - Brig Owens
football: Washington Redskins Safety: Super Bowl VII, geboren
1943 Anthony Dowell London, ballet dancer (Royal Ballet) geboren
1943 J D Moore headmaster (St Dunstan's College) geboren
1943 James Beaton British GC geboren

“That’s three down. We move now to Arlene Francis.” On this day in 1950, Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, humorist Hal Block, and Louis Untermeyer joined host John Daly as one of the classics of early television debuted on CBS. What’s My Line stayed on the air for 17 years -- the longest-running game show in the history of prime-time network television -- and launched one of TV’s biggest production companies: that of Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. 

During many years in the television industry, the Goodson-Todman name became famous for such hit game shows as I’ve Got a Secret, Beat the Clock, The Name’s the Same, To Tell the Truth, The Price is Right and The Match Game. What many people don’t know is that Mark Goodson and Bill Todman also produced a dramatic anthology, The Web, which aired on CBS-TV from July 1950 through September 1954 and then on NBC-TV (for four months) in 1957. 

As the announcer for these shows would say, “This program is a Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Production.” 
1950
US Chart Toppers
Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Bing Crosby
There’s No Tomorrow - Tony Martin
The Old Master Painter - Snooky Lanson
Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me - Eddy Arnold
1950 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
1950 Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame

1974, during a tour of America the members of Emerson Lake and Palmer were arrested in Salt Lake City after swimming naked in the hotel pool, they were each fined $75.
 

1974, in the Disc Readers Awards Poll, top UK group Slade, top musician Roy Wood, Bowie won UK and world male singer, top single with Jean Genie & album with Aladdin Sane, top female singer was Lynsey De Paul and brightest hope David Essex. 

1985 - Telly “Who Loves Ya Baby!” Savalas brought his Kojak character back to network television after an absence of seven years. The show, Kojak: The Belarus File, was a special on CBS-TV, the network that launched Kojak to stardom. 

1985 - Coach Lefty Driesell got his 400th career victory as the University of Maryland defeated Davidson by a score of 65-63. 

1985, Bruce Springsteen went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Born In The USA, his first UK No.1 album.
 

1985, 'Careless Whisper', started a three week run at No.1 in the US charts, credited to Wham! Featuring George Michael, the duos second US No.1.
1985 Largest NBA crowd to date, 43,816, sees Philadelphia at Detroit
1985 New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds
1985 Livingston Bramble defeats Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini to win WBA champion

Japan atmet auf: Die «Pfeil-Ente», deren Schicksal das Land zwei Wochen lang bewegte, ist gerettet. Ein 34 cm langer Aluminium-Pfeil aus einer Armbrust wurde dem Vogel aus dem Hals entfernt
1993 Sandra Völker swims world record 50 meter backstroke (28.33 seconds)

Religious Observances
____ Christian : Feast of St Elias
____ Christian : Feast of St Juliana of Nicomedia
1276_ Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Gregory X, pope (1271-76)