Historical Events1820 - British explorer Edward Bransfield aboard Williams sights Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, claiming it for Britain1925 - Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople1934 - Former Australian cricket spin bowler Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shield career age 51 years 298 days as Victoria draws with NSW at the Sydney Cricket Ground1960 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss1993 - 100,000 Europeans demonstrate against fascism and racismMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1617 - William Sancroft, 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, born in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England (d. 1693)1900 - Martita Hunt, Argentine-born English actress (Man in Grey, Great Expectations), born in Buenos Aires (d. 1969)1920 - George Skibine, Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer (Tragedy in Verona), born in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia (d. 1981)1951 - Trevor Laughlin, Australian cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1978-79), born in Nyah West, Australia1956 - Jeremy Gittins, British actor (Michael the Vicar in "Keeping Up Appearances"), born in Manchester, EnglandMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1956 - Gerrit Mannoury, Dutch mathematician and philosopher, dies at 881972 - Karel Boleslav Jirak, Czech composer and pedagogue, dies at 811999 - (Henry) "Huntz" Hall, American radio, stage, and screen actor (Dead End Kids: The Bowery Boys; Gas Pump Girls), dies from congestive heart failure at 782016 - Ken Sailors, American basketball point guard (popularised and may have invented the jump shot), dies at 952022 - Jon Appleton, American electronic and electro-acoustic music composer, educator and co-developer of the Synclavier, dies at 83More Famous Deaths