1902 – A general strike in Barcelona and nearby towns leads to government-troop reprisals that leave 40 dead
1904 – Giacomo Puccini’s opera “Madama Butterfly” premieres at La Scala in Milan, Italy
1927 – Toronto Maple Leafs, in the team’s first game since changing name from “St. Patricks”, beat the visiting New York Americans, 4-1 at the Mutual Street Arena
1939 – Katwijk soccer team forms in the Netherlands
1974 – 16th Daytona 500: Richard Petty first driver to win back-to-back titles at Daytona; his 5th Great American race
1985 – 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon)
1997 – Weekly Standard shows evidence Larry Flint sexually abused his daughter
2014 – US Secretary of State John Kerry claims climate change requires urgent action and that only a small “window of time” remained open