1848 – Switzerland becomes a Federal state.
1922 – Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4)
1957 – Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits US
1959 – “Bonanza” premieres on NBC-TV
1966 – Gemini XI with Charles “Pete” Conrad and Richard F. Gordon aboard launched for 71-hour flight
1972 – Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as President International Olympic Committee
1984 – Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident
1993 – STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit
2007 – Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of the crime of plunder.
2015 – 12 tourists mistaken for militants, are killed by Egyptian forces in Egypts Western Desert