1743 – 1st American town meeting is held in Boston’s Faneuil Hall
1801 – Henry Addington becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his friend William Pitt the Younger resigns after being unable to persuade King George III of the need for Catholic Emancipation
1821 – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (NY)
1888 – Second largest snowfall in NYC history (21″)
1968 – CBS TV suspends Radio Free Europe free advertising because RFE doesn’t make it clear it is sponsored by the CIA
1971 – The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
1978 – NFL permanently adds 7th official (side judge)
1993 – 14th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Seton Hall beats Syracuse, 103-70
1993 – “Conversations with My Father” closes at Royale NYC after 462 performances
1994 – Soyuz TM-21 launches with V Dezyurov, G Strekalov and N Thagard