1634 – First meeting of what would become the Academie Francaise in Paris at the house of Valentin Conrart
1925 – NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games
1945 – Nazi Sicherheitsdienst arrests Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman
1965 – British guitarist Eric Clapton quits the Yardbirds due to the band moving away from traditional blues; Jeff Beck becomes his replacement
1972 – 7th Academy of Country Music Awards: Freddie Hart and Loretta Lynn win
1983 – Peter Stone’s musical “Woman of the Year” closes at Palace Theater, NYC, after 770 performances
1984 – Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
1992 – Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit
1995 – Istanbul police shoot dead 16 Alawitische demonstrators
2018 – National Geographic magazine admits its past coverage was racist in issue to mark 50 years since death of Martin Luther King Jr.