1562 – General Francois de Guise enters Paris
1729 – Sister St Stanislas Hachard, 1st American nun, takes her vows in New Orleans
1877 – Cricket’s inaugural Test match commences as Australia plays England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground; Australia wins by 45 runs in 4 days
1897 – 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden
1937 – First American blood bank in a hospital is opened at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois
1949 – Cricket’s master batsman Don Bradman receives his knighthood from the Governor-General of Australia, the Rt Hon. WJ McKell at the investiture in Queen’s Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne
1949 – WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 – US Air Force unveils self-guided missile
1962 – Richard Rodgers’ musical drama “No Strings”, starring Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley, opens at the 54th Street Theatre (later transferring to the Broadhurst), New York; runs for 580 performances and wins 3 Tony Awards
1994 – 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win