1633 – Galileo Galilei forced to recant his Copernican views that the Earth orbits the Sun by the Pope (Vatican only admits it was wrong on Oct 31, 1992!)
1799 – Britain and Russia decide to invade Batavian Republic
1865 – The CSS Shenandoah fires the last shot of the American Civil War in the Bering Strait to indicate surrender
1931 – RVU, Radio-Volks-University, forms
1940 – France surrenders to Nazi Germany, with the northern half of the country occupied and the south established as the Nazi client state Vichy France
1966 – South African Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, is refused a passport and thus permission to attend an international church conference by the South African government
1984 – Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30)
1990 – Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
2016 – NHL owners meeting unanimously approves the Las Vegas expansion bid to start play in the 2017-18 season.
2017 – NBA Draft: Washington point guard Markelle Fultz first pick by Philadelphia 76ers