1834 – “Harold in Italy”, symphonic work for orchestra and viola by Hector Berlioz, premieres and at the Paris Conservatoire; Chrétien Urhan soloist, with Narcisse Girard conducting
1890 – General elections in Italy won by the Left group headed by Francesco Crispi
1913 – Jim Larkin and James Connolly establish the Irish Citizens Army in order to protect strikers
1914 – The US Army withdraws from Mexico
1923 – Germany’s Gustav Stresemann’s government falls to the SPD
1976 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 – European weather satellite Meteosat 1 launched from Cape Canaveral
1991 – Brigham Young University quarterback Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season, and 15,031 yards for career
2003 – Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections
2014 – Magnus Carlsen defends his World Chess Championship title after defeating Vishy Anand