1741 – Alaska first sighted by Danish explorer Vitus Bering at head of Russian expedition
1914 – German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp
1941 – Police raid 11th district of Paris, takes 4,000+ Jewish males
1945 – Soviet troops occupy Harbin and Mukden
1947 – Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph
1974 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed is elected fifth President of India
1978 – Tatyana Providokhina runs female world record 1k (2:30.6)
1982 – US marines land in Beirut Lebanon
1990 – George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner
1990 – Gene Michael names NY Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson