corbel noun: An architectural support projecting from a wall to bear weight. verb tr.: 1. To arrange (bricks, stones, etc.) in stepped courses to form a corbel. 2. To support by means of a corbel or corbels.
☰Thought of the Day
"No man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent." - Abraham Lincoln, from his speech in Peoria, Ill., on 1854-10-16
- John Ireland, English composer and pianist (Mai-Dun), born in Bowdon, Cheshire, England (d. 1962)
- Bert Lahr [Irving Lahrheim], American comic and actor (The Wizard of Oz - "Lion"), born in New York City (d. 1967)
- “Big Chief” Russell Moore, Pima-American jazz trombonist (Lionel Hampton; Louis Armstrong), and composer ("Wounded Knee Chant"), born in the Gila River Indian Community, Arizona (d. 1983)
- Wilmer Mizell, American politician (Rep-R-North Carolina 1969-75), and MLB baseball pitcher, 1952-62, 2X All-Star (St. Louis Cardinals and 2 other teams), born in Leakesville, Mississippi (d. 1999)
- Jim Sullivan, American psychedelic-country singer-songwriter and guitarist (U.F.O.), born in Nebraska (d. 1975?)
- Bob Stringer, English executive (CEO Sony Music Entertainment), born in Aylesbury, England
- Alex Fernandez, Cuban-American baseball pitcher (Chicago White Sox), born in Miami, Florida
- Eric Medlen, American NHRA drag racer, born in Oakdale, California (d. 2007)
- Prussia joins the Anglo-Dutch alliance to form the Triple Alliance to prevent the spread of the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90
- Warren Spahn sets the left-hander strikeout record at 2,382
- South African Defence Force soldiers, traveling in a convoy of more than ten armored vehicles, surround the Thaba-Jabula High School in Soweto and arrest 200 students during a clampdown on school boycotts
- MLB San Diego Padres trade outfielder Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels
- Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani is the first woman to win the Fields Medal in mathematics
- Regis Toomey, American actor (Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1991)
- "Cap'n Jack" McCarthy, American television broadcaster (NYC's St. Patrick Day Parade, 1949-89; kiddie show host (Popeye)), born in New York City (d. 1996)
- Kristalina Georgieva, Bulgarian economist, Head of the IMF (2019-), born in Sofia, Bulgaria
- Sherman Williams, American NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys), born in Mobile, Alabama
- Román Colón, Dominican baseball player, born in Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic
