1852 – Samuel D Hubbard of Conn takes office as 18th US Postmaster General
1862 – Battle at Crampton’s Gap: Union troops win a tactical victory over Confederate forces
1876 – Belgian King Leopold II closes the Brussels Geographic Conference, establishes the International African Association, forerunner of Leopold’s privately controlled Congo Free State
1894 – Hottentotten uprising in Southwest Africa fails
1930 – Nazis gain 107 seats in German election
1943 – Yanks clinch pennant #14
1958 – Two rockets designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere
1985 – 10th Toronto International Film Festival: “The Official Story” directed by Luis Puenzo wins the People’s Choice Award