Alfred Henry "Freddy" Heineken(Dutchman who helped make his namesake beer one of the world’s most popular)–
Events
Martin Luther was formally excomunicated from the Roman Catholic church by Pope Leo X –
General George Washington defeated the British under Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton –
First covered skating rink in Canada opened, in Halifax, Nova Scotia –
Construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge in N.Y.C. –
First free kindergarten opened, Florence, Massachusetts –
Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan. The loan was to finance Frazee’s Broadway production of the musical No, No, Nanette –
Benito Mussolini proclaimed a Fascist dictatorship in Italy –
British broadcaster of propaganda from Nazi Germany during WW II, William Joyce (nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw), was hanged in Great Britain for treason –
Dragnet made its television debut –
Members of the newly created U.S. Civil Rights Commision took office –
President Eisenhower signed proclamation making Alaska the 49th state –
Moscow State Symphony first Soviet orchestra to play in the United States (in N.Y.C.). –
The U.S. broke diplomatic relations with Cuba –
The Vatican excommunicated Cuban premier, Fidel Castro, from the Roman Catholic church –
Times Beach, Missouri, declared a federal disaster area after fall floods spread dangerous amounts of the toxic chemical dioxin –
Soprano Leontyne Price made her farewell appearance at New York’s Metropolitan Opera –
Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame –
Miss Canada pageant canceled due to costs and changing times –
Spirit rover landed on Mars –
Weather
Greatest accumulation of ice ever in U.S. history after 3 day period, 8 inches in Idaho –
Fifty degrees below zero F at Canton, New York –
Areas of northern Fairfield County in Connecticut received up to an inch of ice. –
