193 – Lucius Septimius Severus crowned Emperor of Rome
1699 – Khalsa: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar
1836 – US Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin
1896 – US Patent Office issues Patent No. 558,393 to Dr John Harvey Kellogg of Battle Creek, Michigan for “flaked cereal, and process of making same”
1910 – US President William Howard Taft begins tradition of throwing ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day of baseball season
1949 – International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg’s last judgment
1961 – Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
1989 – In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North’s case goes to the jury
2007 – At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
2021 – Coinbase becomes the first major cryptocurrency company to trade shares on the New York Stock Exchange