1624 – England declares war on Spain
1865 – Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, NC
1902 – Earthquake destroys Turkish city of Tochangri
1934 – US Men’s Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner
1945 – Tokyo in fire after night time B-29 bombings, more than 100,000 people die, mostly civilians.
1948 – 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca
1969 – James Earl Ray pleads guilty to murder of Martin Luther King Jr
1972 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990 – Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS)
2017 – South Korean judges uphold parliaments’ decision to impeach President Park Geun-hye