Historical Events1947 - Chic Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game1973 - US President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law1981 - Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.981984 - TV soap "Edge of Night" ends 28 year run1984 - Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years oldMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1738 - Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, German composer, born in St. Martin im Innkreis, Duchy of Bavaria (d. 1767)1842 - Calixa Lavallee, Canadian composer (O Canada), born in Verchres, British Province of Canada (d. 1891)1908 - Lew Ayres, American actor (All Quiet on Western Front; Holiday; Dr Kildare (films); Johnny Belinda), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1996)1938 - Dick Sudhalter, American jazz trumpeter, and writer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2008)1970 - Elizabeth McIntyre, Miss West Virginia (1996), born in Dunbar, West VirginiaMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1793 - Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 751949 - Hervey Allen, American writer and poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at 601999 - Clayton Moore, American actor (The Lone Ranger), dies at 852001 - William X. Kienzle, American novelist (b. 1928)2020 - Fou Ts'ong, Chinese-British concert pianist, dies of COVID-19 at 86More Famous Deaths