1719 – Sweden and Hannover sign for peace Treaty of Stockholm
1934 – Lillian Hellman’s “Children’s Hour” premieres in NYC
1947 – UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
1951 – Snowdonia becomes a British National Park
1990 – US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) returns from space
1995 – “Racing Demon” opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 48 performances
2000 – 52nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Bobby Labonte wins
2013 – US President Barack Obama posthumously awards civil rights activist Bayard Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom
2017 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel announces that coalition talks to form a government have collapsed
2018 – Airbnb bans listings in Israeli settlements in the West Bank