Kenyan politician and environmental activist Wangari Maathai—who was the first Black African woman to win a Nobel Prize (the 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace)—died at age 71. 2011.
Sonny Liston became world heavyweight boxing champion with a first-round knockout of Floyd Patterson in Chicago. 1962.
André Masséna, French nobleman and general under Napoleon, defeated Russian forces in the Second Battle of Zürich. 1799.
Catherine Zeta-Jones (born September 25, 1969, Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh-born actress who demonstrated her versatility in a wide range of films, most notably the musical Chicago (2002), for which she won the Academy Award for best supporting actress.
