1605 – Spanish army under of general Spinola conquers Lingen
1846 – General Stephen W Kearney’s US forces capture Santa Fe, New Mexico
1914 – -20] Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp
1926 – Weather map televised for 1st time
1955 – 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record)
1958 – Floyd Patterson TKOs Roy Harris in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1967 – WCBS radio in NYC goes all-news
1976 – USSR’s Luna 24 soft-lands on Moon
1981 – Football running back, Herschel Walker, of U of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd’s of London insurance policy for $1 million
1996 – Record 6,654 tap at Macy’s Tap-o-mania in NYC