1760 – Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants
1881 – Battle at Laing’s Neck Natal: Boers beat superior powered British
1911 – Frenchman Henri Rougier wins 1st Rally of Monte Carlo
1915 – The United States Coast Guard is created by merging the US Life Saving Service and the US Revenue Cutter Service
1936 – Pravda criticizes Dmitri Shostakovich’s opera “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District”
1960 – 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington, D.C.
1973 – In the run up to the first anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ there is serious rioting in Derry, North Ireland
1981 – “5 O’Clock Girl” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 12 performances
1989 – David Boon completes 7th Test century, 149 v WI at SCG
2006 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Amélie Mauresmo of France wins her first Grand Slam title; beats Justine Henin 6-1, 2-0; Henin retires from stomach cramps