1847 – Church of San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali in Bologna, Italy initiated with premier of Rossini’s Tantum ergo
1906 – Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after being pushed to a 20-round draw by “Philadelphia” Jack O’Brien in Los Angeles, California
1907 – In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater
1931 – Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman scores 226 in his first Test appearance v South Africa in 1st Test in Brisbane
1944 – 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse
1954 – KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
1958 – KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
1972 – LA Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to California Angels
2017 – Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in for a second term as president of Kenya
2018 – French director Luc Besson accused of sexual harassment by five more women, adding to four already made public