1864 – US Brigadier General Emory Upton (25) promoted to Major General
1926 – John C Garand patents semi-automatic rifle
1948 – “My Romance” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 95 performances
1953 – 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service
1960 – France grants Mauritania independence
1967 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27′ 4 3/4″
1974 – Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90)
1990 – HCA, Helsinki Citizens Assembly, forms in Prague
2001 – SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sinks killing 353
2019 – US Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Bernie Sanders for president