1861 – Fort Pikens, Florida, falls into state hands (US Civil War)
1940 – 2nd NFL All Star Game, Gilmore Stadium, LA, CA: Green Bay Packers beat NFL All-Stars, 16-7
1949 – Black and Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
1964 – 14th NBA All-Star Game, Boston Garden: East beats West, 111-107; MVP: Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati Royals, PG
1973 – 2 Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed in Derry by a booby-trap bomb attached to their car by the Irish Republican Army
1991 – Jorge Serrano Elias sworn in as President of Guatemala
1993 – “Anna Christie” opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 54 performances, starring Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson,
1994 – Inna Lassovskaya triple-jumps ladies world record (14.61m)
1995 – 16th ACE Cable Awards: John Malone wins the Golden CableACE for outstanding achievements in advancing the development of cable programming
2015 – 63 people are killed and 70,000 are left homeless after floods devastate Mozambique and Malawi