1003 – Peace deal is signed between Holy Roman Emperor Henry II and the pagan Wends (Slavs)
1855 – Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner patents kerosene
1884 – First long-distance telephone call, Boston to New York
1944 – Children’s Aktion-Nazis collect all the Jewish children of Lovno
1945 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sails to eastern banks of Rhine
1961 – Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars
1982 – Carol Hall’s musical “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” closes at the 46th Street Theatre, NYC, after 1577 performances and 2 Tony Award wins
1994 – Ice Pairs Championship at Chiba won by Shishkova/Vadim Naumov (RUS)
2019 – US Special Council Robert S. Mueller writes a letter to US Attorney William Barr regarding Barr’s summary of the Mueller Report stating Barr’s letter “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of the findings. “There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations.”
2019 – British indie-rock duo “Her’s” – English guitarist-singer Stephen Fitzpatrick (24) and Norwegian bassist Audun Laading (25), and American manager Trevor Engelbrektson (37) killed in car crash in Arizona