1628 – French King Louis XIII occupies La Rochelle
1814 – Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars
1848 – Classes begin at Boston Female Medical College, 1st US female medical college
1869 – Deli Me forms T B V tobacco in Sumatra
1913 – Less than a week after the US non-intervention promise, President Woodrow Wilson demands that Mexican dictator Huerta resigns
1950 – Celtics’ forward Chuck Cooper becomes first African American to play in the NBA in Boston’s 107-84 loss at Fort Wayne Pistons; future Hall of Famer Bob Cousy also debuts for Celtics
1962 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island
1966 – NFL awards a franchise to New Orleans; name “Saints” alludes to November 1, All Saints Day in Catholic faith
1988 – Staten Island ferry gets 1st pay phones
2012 – 2 Iranian fighter jets fire on a US General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drone in international air space