1911 – Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game
1918 – Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up
1965 – Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews are not collectively guilty for crucifixion
1966 – Belgian runner Gaston Roelants sets a new world record in the one-hour run, covering 20,664 m (12.84 mi)
1979 – Dick Howser, the best Yankees manager by win-loss percentage (.636), returns to New York, replacing Billy Martin
2001 – Indie cult hit film “Donnie Darko”, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is released
2017 – Twin car bomb attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill at least 27; Islamist militant group al-Shabab claim responsibility
2024 – UK records its lowest-ever fertility rate of 1.44 children per woman in 2023, with 591,072 births in England and Wales, the lowest in 172 years