1917 – San Francisco Public Library (Main Branch at Civic center) dedicated
1957 – Andrei A Gromyko succeeds Dmitri Shepilov as Soviet foreign minister
1958 – Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 – Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater
1972 – President Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time
1976 – 18th Daytona 500: David Pearson makes contact with Richard Petty just yards from finish line into a wall and to infield; Petty stalls whilst Pearson re-starts to win
1980 – Soviet cross-country skier Raisa Smetanina claims her 3rd of 4 career Olympic gold medals in the 5k event at Lake Placid; also wins 10k and relay gold (Innsbruck 1976) and relay (Albertville 1992)
1984 – 500,000 Iranian soldiers move into Iraq
1996 – American boxer Tommy Morrison announces he has contracted HIV