1858 – 1st overland mail for California
1915 – US takes control of customs and finances of Haiti for 10 years
1965 – Sobibor trial opens in Hagen, West Germany
1973 – “Desert Song” closes at Uris Theater NYC after 15 performances
1979 – The families of Peter Strelzyk and Gunter Wetzel arrive in West Germany from Communist East Germany in a hot air balloon
1992 – 900 die in flood in Pakistan
1996 – Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits
2013 – Paul Kagame wins the Rwandan presidency in a landslide
2015 – Oil tanker explosion kills 170 in Maridi, South Sudan
2015 – 8.3 magnitude quake hits off coast of Illapel, Chile killing 11 and prompting evacuation of 1 million