1924 – J. Edgar Hoover assumes leadership of the FBI
1950 – Dutch police seize condoms
1960 – “The Apartment” directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay 1961)
1961 – Expansion Washington Senators are 30-30, latest date an expansion team will be at .500, Washington will lose their next 10 games
1963 – Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion resigns
1963 – American Leonard “Buddy” Edelen runs world record marathon (2:14:28) at Polytechnic Marathon (from Windsor to Chiswick, England)
1992 – Dan Quayle, relying on faulty card, erroneously instructs Trenton NJ, elementary student to spell “potato,” “potatoe” during spelling bee
2015 – 800 year anniversary of “the birthplace of modern democracy”, the signing of the Magna Carta by King John at Runymede, England
2015 – Stanley Cup Final, United Center, Chicago, IL: Chicago Blackhawks defeat Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-0 for a 4-2 series victory; Blackhawks’ 6th Championship
2017 – New record set for price of a parking lot in Hong Kong – $664,000