619 – Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1724 – Emperor Charles VI names Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria land guardian of the Austrian Netherlands
1834 – Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs
1912 – 1st “Keystone Kops” film, entitled “Hoffmeyer’s Legacy”
1921 – Gangster Carlo Gambino enters the United States as an illegal immigrant on the SS Vincenzo Florio
1946 – University of Tennessee refuses to play Duquesne University after they suggested they may use a black player in their basketball game
1952 – Alain Bombard arrives in Barbados after 65 days at sea proving his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive with almost no provisions, despite having lost 25 kg (65 lbs) in weight
1960 – Jan De Quay’s Dutch government falls
1960 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia takes power
1975 – US Congress passes Metric Conversion Act