1370 – Battle at Rudau: Germany beats Lithuania
1670 – France and Bavaria sign military assistance treaty
1924 – Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds)
1949 – Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button of the USA
1968 – Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, Massachusetts opens
1980 – 22nd Daytona 500: Buddy Baker wins (177.602 MPH)
1982 – Commencement of Sri Lanka’s 1st Test Cricket match, v England
1985 – 27th Daytona 500: Bill Elliott wins (172.265 MPH)
1986 – 1st Francophone Summit convenes at Versailles
2003 – The London Congestion Charge scheme begins.