1720 – The Ship “Le Grand St Antoine” reaches Marseille, bringing Europe’s last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000
1944 – Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia
1961 – NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m
1972 – Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
1977 – Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election
1983 – France performs nuclear test
1986 – KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
1989 – Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots
1997 – Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett’s uniform #
2002 – China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people