1900 – Gerhart Hauptmann’s play “Michael Kramer” premieres in Berlin
1929 – 1st group hospital insurance plan offered (Dallas Tx)
1944 – Cards’ Marty Marion wins NL MVP
1949 – “Samson and Delilah”, directed and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature, premieres in New York
1959 – Citizens of Deerfield Ill block building of interracial housing
1975 – Davis Cup Men’s Tennis, Stockholm, Sweden: Home town hero Björn Borg beats Czech Jan Kodeš 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to give Sweden unassailable 3-1 lead; ends 3-2
1975 – “Very Good Eddie” opens at Booth Theater NYC for 307 performances
1978 – Charles Strouse and Lee Adams’ musical “A Broadway Musical” opens and closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 1 performance
2005 – Civil Partnership Act comes into force in the UK, with singer Elton John and David Furnish one of the first couples to form a same-sex civil union
2020 – Governor of California Gavin Newson says there are now no intensive care beds left in Southern California or the San Joaquin Valley