1861 – US and Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
1868 – Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed allowing the Navajos to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico
1917 – Hank Gowdy is 1st baseball player to enlist during WWI
1918 – Canadian ace Billy Bishop downs 6 aircrafts over a three-day span, including German ace Paul Bilik, reclaiming his top scoring title from James McCudden
1919 – Rhineland Republic forms in Wiesbaden
1975 – California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan records his record equalling 4th MLB career no-hitter in beating the Baltimore Orioles, 1-0
1979 – Rhodesian bishop Able Muzorewa becomes premier
1980 – ANC sets fire to Sasol oil installations in South Africa
2000 – The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.
2017 – “Beren and Lúthien,” compiled and edited by Christopher Tolkien from his father J.R.R. Tolkien’s archives is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt