1862 – Union General Ben “Beast” Butler is proclaimed a “felon, outlaw and common enemy of mankind” by Jefferson Davis
1888 – Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear with a razor, after argument with fellow painter Paul Gauguin, and sends to a prostitute for safe keeping
1922 – BBC Radio began daily newscasts
1930 – Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in NYC
1970 – French author Régis Debray freed in Bolivia
1970 – A Protestant man is shot dead at his home in Belfast, North Ireland
1974 – “Good News” opens at St James Theater NYC for 16 performances
1991 – NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns
1997 – Ballon d’Or: Barcelona/Inter’s Brazilian striker Ronaldo wins his first of 2 best football player in Europe awards ahead of Real Madrid forward Predrag Mijatović and Juventus midfielder Zinedine Zidane
2003 – PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.