1943 – German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer arrested by the Gestapo
1951 – China seizes the assets of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, a joint venture between the Shell and Royal Dutch oil companies in retaliation for the Hong Kong Government’s requisitioning of the tanker Yung Hao
1965 – Malta becomes 18th member of Council of Europe
1971 – Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration
1982 – American mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski murders pharmacist Paul Hoffman by beating him with a tire iron
1997 – MLB Kansas City Royals Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
2005 – New Zealand’s first civil union takes place
2016 – Canadian musician Drake releases “Views”, his 4th studio album
2019 – Indonesia announces plan to relocate its capital from Jakarta due to the city sinking, according to a government minister
2023 – 72-hour ceasefire in Sudan breaks down between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, as air and artillery strikes on Khartoum resume