2013 Event Dunedin and Christchurch, New Zealand, have roads cut off and flights cancelled due to adverse weather conditions 1986 Death Kate Wolf, folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44 1976 Death Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88 1954 Birthday David Keith, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actor, Back Roads, Firestarter 1943 Birthday John Paul Hammond, New York City, blues singer, So Many Roads 1922 Event Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die 1918 Birthday Bert Schierbeek, Lambertus, Dutch writer/poet, Cross Roads 1916 Event 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted 1910 Birthday John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads 1888 Birthday Robert Moses, power broker, built Long Island and New York City parks and roads 1865 Event Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H) 1865 Event Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse 1862 Event Skirmish at Parker Cross Roads, Tennessee 1862 Event "Monitor" (Union) and "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor