1942 – 2nd night Exeter bombed by German Luftwaffe
1950 – US President Harry Truman denies there are communists in the US government
1950 – Jordan formally annexes the West Bank
1954 – Australia and USSR break diplomatic relations
1959 – WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1982 – 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany
1993 – Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham
1994 – NY Rangers sweep NY Islanders in NHL playoffs
2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and takes the name Pope Benedict XVI
2024 – Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser”, previously though lost, sells for a record Austrian auction price of 30 million euros