1850 – Paddle-wheeler “G P Griffith” burns off Mentor Ohio (206 die)
1864 – 640m long ponton bridge over James River, Virginia finished
1916 – US troops under General Pershing march into Mexico
1939 – Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre
1940 – Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland
1953 – Riots in East Germany for reunification
1965 – Kinks arrive in NYC beginning their 1st US tour
1974 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombs the Houses of Parliament in London, injuring 11 people and causing extensive damage
1976 – ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets and Spurs) merges into NBA
1991 – Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke at 78