1856 – Steamer Pacific, leaves Liverpool on final voyage (later lost at sea, 186 on board)
1897 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Resulting murder trial of her husband perhaps only case in US history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.
1958 – “Body Beautiful” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances
1959 – 9th NBA All-Star Game, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Mi: West beats East, 124-108; MVPs: Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis Lakers, F; Bob Pettit, St. Louis Hawks, C; first co-winners of MVP award
1964 – Arthur Miller’s play “After the Fall” premieres in NYC
1970 – US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1
1973 – Helgafell, island of Heimaey Iceland erupts for 1st time in 7,000 yrs
1978 – Sweden becomes the first nation in the world to ban aerosol sprays, believed to be damaging to earth’s ozone layer.
1978 – Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris
1982 – Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date)