1847 – 1st money minted in Hawaii
1925 – Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran
1933 – Major earthquake in Long Beach, California
1949 – Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949
1956 – General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of archbishop Makarios
1964 – US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany
1974 – Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1990 – Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA)
1991 – 12th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Seton Hall beats Georgetown, 74-62
2009 – Billy Corgan testifies in front of Congress, on behalf of the musicFIRST Coalition, in support of H.R. 848, the Performance Rights Act