1908 – Opening day of competition of the New South Wales Rugby League.
1914 – 33 killed by soldiers during mine strike in Ludlow, Colo
1948 – Walter P. Reuther UAW President shot and wounded at his home in Detroit
1968 – South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes at Windhoek, 122 killed
1977 – Supreme Court rules “Live Free or Die” may be covered on NH licenses
1987 – US deports Karl Linnas to USSR, charged with Nazi war crimes
1994 – Space shuttle STS-59 (Endeavour 6), lands
2013 – Giorgio Napolitano is re-elected President of Italy
2013 – 5 snowboarders are killed by an avalanche in Loveland Pass, Colorado
2013 – 193 people are killed and 11,826 are injured after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Lushan County, China