422 – St Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1349 – Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death
1608 – John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Virginia
1858 – George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora
1861 – Battle of Carnifex Ferry in Virginia, 170 casualties
1869 – Baptist minister supposedly invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
1894 – London taxi driver George Smith is the first to be fined for drunk driving
1972 – Kazimierz Deyna scores twice as Poland beats Hungary 2-1 in the Olympic football gold medal match; 80,000 at the Munich Olympic Stadium
1973 – NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis
1991 – Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas’ nomination