Historical Events 1922 - Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty 1935 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee 1953 - WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre‚ PA (ABC) 1st broadcast 1960 - AFL and NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact 1990 - Namibia's constitution ratified 2006 - 56th Berlin International Film Festival: "Grbavica" wins the Golden Bear More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1909 - Carmen Miranda‚ Portuguese vocalist and actress (Copacabana; Date With Judy)‚ born in Marco de Canavezes‚ Portugal (d. 1955) 1914 - Ralph Herman‚ American Emmy Award-winning composer (From the Scriptures; Circus Time)‚ orchestra leader‚ and music director (ABC-TV‚ 1952-71)‚ born in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin (d. 1994) 1927 - Joe Maneri‚ American jazz composer‚ saxophone and clarinet player (Boston Microtonal Society)‚ born in Brooklyn‚ NYC (d. 2009) 1954 - Christopher Gardner‚ American entrepreneur 1971 - Johan Mjällby‚ Swedish footballer 1997 - Catie Waters‚ American jazz and RandB singer-songwriter‚ born in Fayetteville‚ Arkansas More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1875 - Cecil De Vere‚ 1st official British chess champion (1866)‚ dies at 28 1964 - Willie Bryant‚ American jazz singer‚ bandleader‚ and disc jockey (Sugar Hill Times)‚ dies of a heart attack at 55 2000 - Beau Jack‚ American boxer (NYSAC world lightweight champion 1942-44)‚ dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 78 2001 - Herbert A. Simon‚ American political scientist (Nobel Prize in Economics‚ 1978; Turing Award‚ 1975)‚ dies at 84 2001 - Herbert Simon‚ American economist‚ Nobel laureate (b. 1916) 2009 - Vic Lewis‚ British jazz guitarist‚ bandleader‚ composer‚ and artist manager (NEMS)‚ and cricket club owner‚ dies at 89 More Famous Deaths »