1877 – Franz Schubert’s 2nd Symphony in B premieres
1905 – Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days
1910 – Soccer team KFC forms in Alkmaar
1918 – In order to secure a WWI armistice, Germany agrees to further concessions
1930 – British White Paper restricts Jews from buying Arab land
1957 – Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary
1971 – Senator in the US Congress Edward Kennedy calls for a withdrawal of British troops from Northern Ireland and all-party negotiations to establish a United Ireland
1979 – Bob Dylan appears on “Saturday Night Live”
1982 – During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
1987 – 10 die as US Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis