1774 – Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia
1902 – British parliament passes the Education Act, which will come to be regarded as the most important legislation of Arthur Balfour’s government
1932 – National Football League Championship; Playoff, Chicago Stadium: Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans, 9-0
1935 – Edvard Beneš becomes President of Czechoslovakia after Tomáš Masaryk retires
1962 – Ballon d’Or: Dukler Prague midfielder Josef Masopust wins award for best European football player; beats Benfica striker Eusébio and FC Köln defender Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
1963 – “The Pink Panther” film premieres, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers and David Niven, with theme by Henry Mancini
1963 – Muskegon, Michigan gets 3′ of snow
1970 – Polish uprising fails
1976 – Soviet dissident Viktor Bukovskiexchanged for Chile CP-leader Corvalan
1978 – USSR performs underground nuclear test