1720 – Anne Bonny and Mary Read are tried, found guilty of pirating, and sentenced to death in Spanish Town, Jamaica, although their discovered pregnancies won them stays of execution
1785 – The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the Confederation Congress of the United States of America and the Cherokee people
1913 – Heavyweight Jack Johnson KOs Andre Spaul in Paris
1932 – Groucho Marx performs on radio for the first time
1943 – FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy
1944 – 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp
1960 – Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day)
1986 – Hilbert van der Duim skates 1 hour world record 39.4928 km
1995 – James Brady, former white house press secretary, suffers a heart attack
1999 – 87th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Calgary Stampeders, 32-21