1741 – George Frideric Handel finishes his “Messiah” oratorio after working on it non-stop for 23 days
1876 – Leopold II closes Congo-conference
1914 – German troops withdraw from Aisne
1923 – Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play
1957 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 – Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named
1981 – Judge Wapner and People’s Court premiere on TV
2009 – David Attenborough and Prince William officially open the Darwin Centre at the National History Museum London, in what is the Museum’s most significant expansion since 1881
2015 – 14 yr old Texan Ahmed Mohamed arrested at school when home-made clock assumed to be a bomb – Mark Zuckerberg and US President Barack Obama send supportive tweets
2017 – Two Islamic State terrorist attacks in Dhiqar province, Southern Iraq, kill at least 60