1810 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1835 – Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “Lucia di Lammermoor” premieres at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (now Italy)
1933 – Sidney Kingsley’s “Men in White” premieres in NYC
1953 – KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, CA (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 – NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
1957 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 – 1st edition of NYC Review of Books
1970 – A groups of Protestant youths attack the Catholic Unity Flats as rioting continues in the Protestant Shankill Road area
1982 – “Doll’s Life” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 5 performances
1992 – 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates