1849 – William Bond obtains 1st photograph of Moon through a telescope
1878 – John Kehoe, the last of the Molly Maguires, is executed in Pennsylvania
1892 – Anton Bruckner’s 8th Symphony premieres
1923 – International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco
1963 – “The Pink Panther” film premieres directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers and David Niven with theme by Henry Mancini
1966 – Saturn’s moon Epimetheus is discovered by Richard L. Walker.
1970 – “Me Nobody Knows” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 587 performances
1982 – Flight readiness firing of Challenger’s main engines; 20 seconds
1993 – The MGM Grand Las Vegas hotel and casino first opens as the largest hotel complex in the world (since surpassed)
1996 – During a press conference, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Maleki states that Iran supports the free flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, but reserves the option of closing off the shipping route if it is threatened