1759 – Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
1794 – US Senate voids Pennsylvania’s election of Abraham Gallatin
1849 – 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in San Francisco from the east coast
1883 – 1st US vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts
1912 – Victor Trumper’s last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50
1941 – British-Italian dogfight above Albania
1951 – French government of Pleven dissolves
1969 – Terence O’Neill re-elected as leader of the Unionist Parliamentary Party and thus confirmed as Northern Ireland Prime Minister
1991 – Gulf War ends after Iraq accepts a ceasefire following their retreat from Kuwait
2016 – Explosion at Severnaya coal mine in Vorkuta, Russia kills 36, including 5 rescuers