1121 – English King Henry I marries 2nd wife Adeliza [Adela] of Louvain at Windsor Castle
1764 – Governor Winthrop’s Telescope is destroyed in a Harvard fire
1859 – Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler
1900 – Battle of Tugela-Spionkop, South Africa (Boers vs British army)
1939 – Spanish government moves to Figueras
1959 – Dmitri Shostakovich’s comedy “Cheryomushk” premieres in Moscow
1962 – 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany
1976 – 33rd Golden Globes: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, Jack Nicholson, and Louise Fletcher win
1999 – David Duval eagles the 18th hole for a final round 59 to win the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at PGA West; becomes only the 3rd player to fire a sub-60 round on the PGA Tour
2013 – Russian police kill 13 rebels in Vedeno District, Chechnya