1861 – Battle of Alleghany Summit, West Virginia
1895 – First complete execution of Gustav Mahler’s 2nd Symphony
1913 – British foreign minister Sir Edward Grey proposes that southern Albania be divided between Greece and Albania with compensation to Greece in the Aegean islands
1939 – Battle of the River Plate – 3 British cruisers vs German pocket battleship Graf Spee
1941 – German occupiers forbid National Front and Netherland Union
1968 – Brazilian President Da Costa e Silva issues Ato Institucional Número Cinco degree
1970 – Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut v England at the WACA
1970 – Neil Simon’s “Gingerbread Lady” premieres in NYC
1989 – “Driving Miss Daisy” directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy is released (Best Picture 1990)
2018 – Passenger train collides with maintenance locomotive in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 9 and injuring 47