1863 – Bahá’u’lláh, founder of the Bahá’í Faith, enters the garden of Rivden near Baghdad. He makes his declaration as a Messenger of God during the 12 days he spends there.
1954 – USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1958 – 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalić of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54
1961 – French army revolts in Algeria
1962 – 9th National Film Awards (India): “Bhagini Nivedita” wins the Golden Lotus
1972 – John Young and Charles Duke explore the moon as part of NASA mission Apollo 16
1977 – Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6
1984 – Centers for Disease Cont says virus discovered in France causes AIDS
1988 – Barbra Streisand records “You’ll Never Know”
1991 – Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: Jack Nicklaus wins his 4th of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Bruce Crampton of Australia