1142 – Treaty of Shaoxing ratified with Chinese southern Song Dynasty agreeing to pay tribute to northern Jin dynasty
1906 – San Francisco Board of Education orders segregation in separate schools of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean children sparking diplomatic crisis
1922 – Turkey and Greece sign cease fire
1929 – JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
1931 – 100,000 extreme-right Germans form “Harzburger Front”
1945 – JPL WAC Corporal Launch (1st Man-Made Object to escape Atmosphere)
1946 – New York Yankees trade infielder Joe Gordon to Cleveland Indians for pitcher Allie Reynolds
1954 – Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad caeli Reginam
1960 – Radio/TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers
1976 – 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins