672 – St Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1934 – Australian Championships Women’s Tennis, Sydney: Joan Hartigan Bathurst retains title; beats Margaret Molesworth 6-1, 6-4
1961 – Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli make debuts at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in “Il trovatore”; final curtain call lasts 35 minutes
1966 – Wisconsin State Circuit Court Judge Elmer W Roller rules either the Braves stay in Milwaukee or NL must promise Wisconsin an expansion team for 1966
1972 – World premiere of Scott Joplin’s rediscovered opera “Treemonisha” at Morehouse College in Atlanta
1976 – Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia
1985 – Mark Mckoy cycles world record 50m hurdles indoor (5.25)
1996 – Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.
2001 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Jennifer Capriati wins her first Grand Slam title; beats Martina Hingis 6-4, 6-3
2013 – Magnus Carlsen wins the 2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament