1659 – General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
1883 – Tonkin Campaign: The French capture the citadel in Hanoi
1914 – World War I: German battleships under Franz Von Hipper bombard the English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough.
1922 – Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes
1924 – Hiram Bingham is elected as a Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate forcing him to resign as Governor of Connecticut after serving only one day in office, the shortest term of any Connecticut Governor
1926 – WOW-AM in Omaha NE begins radio transmissions
1979 – QB Roger Staubach’s last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
1983 – Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
1985 – John Gotti assumes leadership of New York’s Gambino crime family after ordering the executions of Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti
1985 – Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission