1526 – Pope Clement VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac
1893 – Montreal Athletic Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game
1900 – Associated Press organizes in NYC as nonprofit news cooperative
1903 – Launch of the White Star Liner SS Ionic.
1972 – US President Nixon begins visit to Moscow
1988 – Károly Grósz succeeds party leader Janos Kádár in Hungary
1996 – “Tartuffe: Born Again” opens at Circle in the Square Theater, NYC; runs for 29 performances
2010 – UEFA Champions League Final, Madrid: Internazionale beats Bayern Munich, 2-0; Inter’s 3rd title and first treble (Italian Serie A and Cup)
2016 – Independent Alexander Van der Bellen defeats Freedom Party’s Norbert Hofer by just 31,000 votes to become President in Austrian elections
2017 – South Africa’s Western Cape province declares a drought disaster – worst for 113 years