1882 – Anti-Semitic League forms in Prussia
1909 – In Constantinople the primarily Albanian First Army Corps seizes the parliament building and telegraphs offices, forcing the Ottoman statesman Hilmi Pasha to resign
1928 – 1st trans atlantic flight Europe-US (Fitzmaurice-von Hunefeld-Köhl)
1964 – 36th Academy Awards: “Tom Jones” (Best Film), Patricia Neal (Hud), and Sidney Poitier (Lilies of the Field) win; Poitier is the first Black actor in a leading role to win a competitive Oscar
1975 – Christian Falange kills 27 Palestinians, begins Lebanese civil war
1983 – Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
1990 – Final episode of Pat Sajak’s late night TV show on CBS
1997 – Rare double doubleheader played in the same city Giants vs Mets and Oakland A’s vs Yankees in NY after rain previous day