1688 – King James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch flees to France from William of Orange
1692 – Nahum Tate is appointed the third Poet Laureate by English monarchs William and Mary
1912 – Indian revolutionary underground in Bengal and Punjab, headed by Rash Behari Bose attempt to assassinate Viceroy of India Lord Hardinge, by throwing homemade bomb into Viceroys’s Howdah (elephant carriage) during ceremonial procession in Delhi. Although wounded, the Viceroy survives. Investigations lead to the Delhi conspiracy trial.
1939 – Finnish counter offensive at Summa
1945 – Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church
1946 – University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne University after they suggested they may use a black player in their basketball game
1958 – Musical Revue “Party with Comden and Green” opens at John Golden NYC for 38 performances
1970 – USSR performs nuclear test
1971 – US President Richard Nixon commutes remaining 8 years of Teamsters labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa’s 13-year jail term for bribery and fraud
2005 – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashes shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.