1880 – American Society of Mechanical Engineers forms (NYC)
1899 – President of France Félix Faure dies in office.
1914 – 1st airplane flight from LA to SF
1915 – Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season
1923 – US Men’s Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger
1927 – Noel Coward’s “Marquise” premieres in London
1950 – Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball’s Hall of Fame
1968 – Italy completes the bobsleigh double at the Grenoble Winter Olympics with victory in the 4-man; Eugenio Monti and Luciano de Paolis double up for gold winning 2-man earlier
1980 – American speed skater Eric Heiden wins 5,000m in Olympic record 7:02.29; second of record 5 gold medal sweep of events at Lake Placid
1993 – Western Australia’s and Australia’s first woman Premier, Carmen Lawrence, is voted out of office.