1944 – Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow
1956 – Jordan government refuses to join Pact of Baghdad
1967 – Earthquake in Sicily kills 231
1971 – Cricketer John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
1990 – 11th ACE Cable Awards: CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the events in Beijing, China
1995 – Mexico pledges profits from state-owned Pemex’s $7-billion-per-year oil revenues in an effort to secure US congressional approval of loan guarantees; President Clinton approves a $20-billion U.S. aid package for Mexico
2020 – US game show Jeopardy “greatest of all time” tournament won by Ken Jennings
2021 – Pope Francis, 84, and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI receive their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine