1939 – Finnish counter offensive at Petsamo
1941 – Tito establishes 1st Proletarian Brigade in Yugoslavia
1943 – Manufacturers get permission to use synthetic rubber for baseball core
1965 – Great Britain sets national maximum road speed at 70 miles per hour
1966 – WCVW TV channel 57 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 – Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment
1980 – MLB St. Louis Cardinals release outfielder Bobby Bonds
1989 – Republic of Chad (Africa) adopts its Constitution
1990 – Paul Coffey becomes the second NHL defenceman to record 1000 points, doing so in a record-breaking 770 games
1990 – Iraq announces it will never give up Kuwait