1616 – Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun
1732 – 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph’s, Philadelphia
1887 – George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in test cricket, 8-35 at SCG
1919 – Acadia National Park forms (as Lafayette N P), Maine
1950 – Leonard Bernstein’s “Age of Anxiety” premieres in NYC
1954 – 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Mass
1967 – Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champ
1983 – Shortwave pirate Radio USA (Wellsville, NY) begins transmission
1985 – 27th Grammy Awards: Whats Love Got to Do With It, Cyndi Lauper wins
2001 – The Taliban destroy two giant Buddha statues in Bamyan, Afghanistan.