1563 – Russian troops occupy Polotsk Lithuania
1956 – Urho Kekkonen appointed president of Finland
1970 – Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater
1971 – A British soldier dies 7 days after being mortally wounded in an Irish Republican Army attack in North Ireland
1972 – Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros and Tenedos
1987 – 1982 Masters champion Craig Stadler is disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot
1991 – Freighter with dynamite explodes in Phang Nga Thailand, 120 die
1993 – Bombings by mafia drug lords kill 14 in Bogota, Colombia
2003 – An estimated 6-11 million people around the world take to the streets to protest against war with Iraq
2004 – 57th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” Best Film, Peter Weir Best Director