1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II
1823 – Switzerland signs boundaries for fugitives
1933 – Germany begins mandatory sterilization of people with hereditary illnesses
1940 – Lithuania becomes Lithuanian SSR
1951 – George Washington Carver monument unveiled
1967 – Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Juan Marichal
1979 – USSR performs nuclear Test
1986 – Shalamar’s Howard Hewett acquitted in Miami of drug charges
1997 – Bomb in Algiers kills 21 and wounds 40
2018 – Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigns after violent protests against fuel price rises