Historical Events
- Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman win computing's Turing Award for their work inventing computer program compilers
- French President Emanuel Macon announces a new lockdown, closing schools for three weeks with new national restrictions
Event of Interest
New York state legalizes recreational use of marijuana in legislation signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo (sales not legal for 18 months)
Andrew Cuomo
- Paul Simon sells his entire songwriting catalog of over 400 songs to Sony Music Publishing for an undisclosed sum
- US President Joe Biden unveils " the American Jobs Plan" one of the largest infrastructure plans in US history- worth $2 trillion called
Famous Deaths
- Ken Reitz, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star 1980; Gold Glove Award 1975; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 69
- Ron Greene, American college basketball coach (Uni of New Orleans, Mississippi State, Murray State, Indiana State), dies at 82