1910 – Dalai Lama flees Tibet for British India to escape Chinese troops
1933 – Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line)
1945 – World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
1945 – US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo
1953 – “Wonderful Town” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 559 performances
1960 – John Cage’s “Music for Amplified Toy Pianos” premieres
1971 – “Oh! Calcutta!” moves to Belasco Theater in NYC for 1,316 performances
1980 – British political comedy “Yes Minister” written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, starring Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne and Derek Fowlds premieres on BBC Two
1993 – Florida Marlins introduce their mascot “Billy”
2018 – China briefly bans the letter ‘N’ as part of widespread censorship efforts