1779 – US Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time)
1862 – Confederate Army General Stonewall Jackson begins evacuation of Winchester, Virginia
1919 – General strike in Germany crushed
1991 – 17th People’s Choice Awards: Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts win (Motion Picture star) and Bill Cosby and Kirstie Alley win (TV)
2000 – 21st Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: St. John’s beats Connecticut, 80-70
2001 – 48th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #3 Duke beats #6 North Carolina, 79-53
2011 – 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 130 km (80 miles) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills thousands and causes the second worst nuclear accident in history at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
2013 – Falkland Islands’ sovereignty referendum: 99.8% choose to remain an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom