1730 – Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe
1861 – Confederate government appoints commissioners to Britain
1870 – Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by an African American in the US Senate
1900 – Sir Arthur Evans rediscovers the bronze age city of Knossos in Crete, home of the legendary Minotaur
1934 – Academy Award gold statuette 1st called Oscar in print by Sidney Skolsky
1956 – US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
1958 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Beverly Hanson wins by 5 strokes ahead of Betty Dodd
1984 – South Africa and Mozambique sign non attack treaty
2016 – US President Barack Obama nominates Merrick Garland as Supreme Court Justice
2021 – French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal win the Pritzker Prize for architecture