1324 – Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon
1904 – Leos Janacek’s opera “Jenůfa” premieres at the National Theatre in Brno, Moravia, Austria-Hungary
1943 – Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad
1964 – Carl Rowan named director of US Information Agency
1989 – Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL’s 2nd all time scorer
2013 – 18 people are killed and 24 are injured after a bus falls down a ravine in Yungas, Bolivia
2018 – AFC Championship, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough: New England Patriots beat Jacksonville Jaguars, 24-20
2025 – 79 people are killed in a hotel fire in the ski resort town of Balu in north-west Turkey, with 51 injured