1798 – Russia and Britain sign Second anti-French Coalition
1898 – Herman Heijermans’ “Ghetto” premieres in Amsterdam
1910 – Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta’s Fountain, San Francisco
1930 – Sukarno sentenced to four years in prison by Indonesian authorities in Bandung, Dutch East Indies
1935 – National Council of Negro Women forms
1948 – First US completely solar heated house is occupied (Dover, Mass)
1953 – KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 – Ballon d’Or: Manchester United’s winger George Best wins award for best European football player ahead of teammate Bobby Charlton and Red Star Belgrade winger Dragan Džajić; first Northern Irish national to win the award
1990 – Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon and Barry Jones
2000 – The Texas 7 hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is shot during the robbery