1693 – 1st women’s magazine “Ladies’ Mercury” published in London, England
1957 – Mao’s famous speech to the Supreme State Conference “On Correct Handling of Contradictions Among People” expounding Maoist ideals
1959 – Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
1962 – South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm’s palace bombed by dissident air pilots in a failed assassination attempt
1974 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1981 – Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747
1997 – Singer Sade (Helen Folasade) arrested in Jamaica for disobeying a police officer
1998 – 12th Soul Train Music Awards: Puff Daddy, Whitney Houston win
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI presents his farewell address to Vatican City
2014 – US Republican Governor Jan Brewer vetoes a “religious freedom” bill that would have allowed businesses to turn away gay customers