1227 – Count Ugolino of Segna elected Pope Gregory IX
1524 – Giovanni de Varrazano, a Florentine explorer in the service of King Francis I of France, lands around area of Carolinas
1644 – 200 members of Peking imperial family and court commit suicide in loyalty to the Emperor
1864 – Opera “Mireille” premieres in Paris
1915 – Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)
1937 – Astronomer Fritz Zwicky publishes his research on stellar explosion in which he coins the term “supernova” and hypothesizes that they were the origin of cosmic rays
1956 – Biggest NBA margin of victory – Minn Lakers-133, St Louis Hawks-75
1991 – St Louis Blues Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season
1993 – Ice Pairs Championship in Prague won by I Brasseur and L Eisler (CAN)
1995 – Finnish Social Democratic Party wins parliamentary election