1934 – Musical revue “Thumbs Up”, including music and lyrics by Vernon Duke, James Hanley, and Ira Gershwin (among others), premieres at the St. James Theatre, NYC; runs for 156 performance
1954 – Gian Carlo Menotti’s Pulitzer Prize winning opera “The Saint of Bleecker Street” opens at Broadway Theater in ,NYC; runs for 92 performances
1960 – 1961 NFL Draft: Tommy Mason from University of Tulane first pick by Minnesota Vikings
1961 – Belgium and Congo resume diplomatic relations
1981 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 – Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo
1991 – Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32)
1996 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram air base which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul.
2000 – Pittsburgh Penguins center and part-owner Mario Lemieux scores a goal and 2 assists in his return to the NHL after more than 3 years out with injury problems and lingering cancer issues; Penguins beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-0
2002 – Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya.