1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is published in Boston
1937 – Franco’s Republican army launch their (eventually successful) counter-offensive against Italian International Brigades fighting for the Nationalists at the Battle of Guadalajara, Spain
1951 – Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java
1952 – Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan by US Senate
1987 – Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies’ world record 5 km (7:20.36)
1989 – Major League Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation
1994 – “Flowering Peach” opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 41 performances
2016 – Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a three-day tour with First Lady Michelle