1540 – Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Ghent ended
1670 – Clemens X [Emilio Bonaventura Altieri] elected Pope
1864 – -30] Skirmish at Jenkins’ Ferry, Arkansas
1903 – Limestone slide at Turtle Mountain drops 30 million cubic metres (82 million tons) on to town of Frank, Alberta, Canada, kills 70-90 residents
1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV
1982 – 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Merle Haggard, and Barbara Mandrell win
1985 – 17th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (51-B): Challenger 7 launches
1995 – Longest sausage ever, at 28.77 miles, made in Kitchener, Ontario
2015 – German Measles is declared eradicated from North and South America – 1st world region to do so
2016 – Iranian run-off elections give moderates and reforms a majority in parliament