1799 – Friedrich von Schiller’s play “Wallensteins Tod” premieres in Weimar
1809 – Napoleon I and French forces defeat Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria
1951 – Huge ticker-tape parade held in NYC for World War II and Korean War General Douglas MacArthur after he was relieved of Command by President Truman
1962 – OAS-leader ex-general Salan arrested in Algiers
1962 – NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong flies the experimental X-15 aircraft to an altitude of 63,250 meters
1991 – Mark Lenzi becomes the first diver to score more than 100 points on a single dive, earning 101.85 points
1996 – Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season
2012 – Plane crash near Islamabad, Pakistan, kills 127 people