1449 – Anti-pope Felix V resigns
1684 – Patent granted for thimble
1849 – The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal’s English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
1966 – Rare daylight meteor observed from New Jersey, US to Quebec, Canada in the early evening
1970 – Lance Mulcahy and Paul Cherry’s musical “Park” closes at John Golden Theater, NYC, after 5 performances
1976 – Portugal adopts new constitution
1988 – American news program “Nightline” goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
1990 – Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by space shuttle Discovery
2009 – Elijah Wood is honored with the Midnight Award by the San Francisco International Film Festival
2015 – 7.8-magnitude earthquake near Kathmandu in Nepal, killing 8000, leaving over 100,000 homeless, destroying many historic sites