1908 – 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room
1975 – UN General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism
1978 – Israel’s top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks
1981 – Ernest Thompson’s “West Side Waltz” premieres in NYC
1982 – IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankruptcy
1986 – Bangladeshi Constitution restored
1990 – John Hughes’ film “Home Alone” directed by Chris Columbus and starring Macaulay Culkin premieres in Chicago
1998 – “Star Trek: Insurrection” film directed by Jonathan Frakes and starring Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes premieres
2012 – 17 people are killed in a helicopter crash as a result of bad weather in Turkey
2013 – Spaniard Marc Márquez wins the 2013 MotoGP World Championship to become its youngest ever winner at 20