221 – Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself Emperor of Shu-Han, claiming legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty
1562 – General Francois de Guise enters Paris
1783 – In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d’etat never takes place.
1812 – 1st Russian settlement in California at Russian River
1820 – Maine admitted as 23rd state of the Union
1926 – Belgium’s “black monday”, franc falls
1953 – West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1
1958 – KULR TV channel 8 in Billings, MT (NBC/ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Louise Suggs wins her 4th Titleholders title by 1 stroke from Betsy Rawls
2018 – Pedestrian bridge in Miami, Florida, collapses onto 8-lane highway 5 days after it was built, killing 6