1724 – Jonathan Swift publishes “Drapier’s Letters” a series of seven pamphlets against a privately minted copper coinage Swift saw as inferior and corrupt
1900 – 1st edition of Dutch newspaper “The People”
1941 – Pro-German Rashid Ali al-Ghailani grabs power in Iraq
1966 – “Hold On, I’m Comin'” single released by Sam and Dave
1973 – Despite a final round, 5-3 loss to Montreal, Boston Bruins center Phil Esposito wins his third consecutive NHL scoring title with 130 points from 55 goals and 75 assists in the 78-game season
1976 – Conrail takes over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the northeastern U.S..
1978 – Philippine College of Commerce becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines by presidential decree
1982 – Quebec center Peter Šťastný scores 4th career hat trick and 4 assists, and his brother Marián adds 5 assists to lead the Nordiques to an 8-5 win at Boston
2007 – Kraft Nabisco Championship Women’s Golf, Mission Hills CC: Morgan Pressel wins by 1 from Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew and Suzann Pettersen; youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major at 18 years, 313 days
2019 – Major archaeological site announced discovered on a reef in the middle of Lake Titicaca, in Andes, dated 8th and 10th centuries AD from Tiwanaku state