1889 – Gustav Mahler’s 1st Symphony premieres in Budapest and is not well received
1922 – Zoe Akins’ play “Texas Nightingale” premieres in NYC
1951 – Snowdonia becomes a British National Park
1959 – WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal
1964 – Dmitri Shostakovich’s 9th/10th String Quartet premieres in Moscow
1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset
1993 – 5th College Football Holy War: Boston College beats Notre Dame 41-39 in South Bend (Boston College’s first win in the series)
2011 – 38th American Music Awards: Adele, Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift win
2013 – Ben Bradlee is presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony
2018 – Sell-off in technology stocks leads stock market losses wiping out all 2018 market gains