1644 – Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America’s 1st UFO sighting
1691 – English King William III travels to The Hague
1896 – British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
1929 – Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo
1951 – Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea erupts, killing 2,942 people
1960 – Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes in Virginia, killing all 50 people on-board
1981 – Punk singer Wendy O. Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity (later cleared)
1985 – US renounces jurisdiction of World Court despite previous promise
1987 – 3rd Soap Opera Digest Awards – Days of Our Lives wins
1998 – Kelly Robbins wins Healthsouth Golf Inaugural