1926 – Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
1941 – Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets
1952 – The Battle of Nanri island takes place.
1955 – Garfield Sobers starts run of 85 uninterrupted Test Cricket appearances for West Indies
1993 – 450 prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continue for ten days, citing grievances about prison conditions and the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis)
1996 – Revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical “The King and I”, starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy, premieres at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 781 performances
2021 – 74th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) held virtually: “Nomadland” best film, Chloé Zhao best director, Frances McDormand, Anthony Hopkins best acting awards
2024 – Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death for embezzlement, bribery and banking violations worth 304 trillion dong ($12.46 billion), the country’s largest-ever fraud case