1858 – Netherlands and Japan sign trade agreement
1864 – 6th day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia: Confederate assault
1864 – Battle of Petersburg: Battle of Weldon Railroad day 1 of a 3 day battle
1894 – US Congress creates Bureau of Immigration
1909 – Mayor of Tokyo Yukio Ozaki presents Washington, D.C. with 2,000 cherry trees, which President Taft decides to plant near the Potomac River.
1943 – Final convoy of Jews from Salonika, Greece, arrives at Auschwitz
1957 – Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252’4½”)
1981 – “My Fair Lady” opens at Uris Theater NYC for 119 performances
2008 – Emulating the Chinese women, the men win the team table tennis gold medal at the Beijing Olympics without losing a match; win all 10 singles and all 5 doubles matches
2008 – Belarus weightlifter Andrei Aramnau breaks 3 world records, for the snatch, clean and jerk, and total, on the way to winning the men’s 105kg gold medal at the Beijing Olympics