http://cday.sourceforge.net/cday.php Today in history, birthdays, holidays CDAY 1 http://cday.sourceforge.net/cday.php A. Yasuaki --1817<br> Charles Lamb, English critic, poet, essayist<br> William Allen White, American writer and journalist<br> Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist, "Dr. Zhivago" (Nobel 1958)<br> Boris Pasternak<br> Jimmy Durante, comedian<br> Jimmy Durante<br> Bertolt Brecht<br> Lon Chaney, Jr.<br> Leontyne Price<br> Robert Wagner<br> Roberta Flack<br> Mark Spitz<br> Greg Norman<br> Laura Dern http://cday.sourceforge.net/cday.php Alpha Aurigid meteor shower, radiant in Auriga<br> Edmund Halley is appointed 2nd Astronomer Royal of England<br> Treaty of Paris ends French & Indian War<br> City of Anaheim incorporated (first time).<br> First electric arc light used (in California Theater).