1492 – 1st Spanish settlement La Navidad in the New World is founded by Christopher Columbus (modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas in Haiti)
1862 – 1st US navy hospital ship enters service
1941 – Winston Churchill becomes first British Prime Minister to address a joint meeting of the US Congress, warning that Axis would “stop at nothing”
1946 – Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1967 – Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
1976 – NFC Championship, Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington: Minnesota Vikings beat Los Angeles Rams, 24-13
1977 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 – India’s former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi is released from jail
1988 – Anti African student rebellion in Nanjing, China
1988 – “Legs Diamond” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 64 performances