631 – Suintila, King of the Visigoths is overthrown after a reign of ten years, by Sisenand, a noble from Septimania
1804 – Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana
1804 – Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase
1812 – Earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela, and kills an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 people
1945 – De Paul wins NIT basketball championship, George Mikan scores 34
1959 – Test debut for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad v West Indies, aged 15 years
1969 – “Marcus Welby, M.D.”, starring Robert Young and James Brolin debuts as a TV movie on ABC-TV, prior to becoming a weekly series
1976 – Queen Elizabeth II sent out the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment
1997 – Thirty-nine bodies found in the Heaven’s Gate cult suicides in Rancho Santa Fe, California
2005 – “Doctor Who” returns to BBC TV after 16 years with the debut of Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose