1911 – Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty
1944 – Belgian Walloon Nazi collaborator Léon Degrelle sentenced to death
1955 – NHL officials wear new vertically striped black-and-white sweaters for the first time in Montreal Canadiens’ 5-2 win over Toronto Maple Leafs
1957 – National Football League Championship, Briggs Stadium, Detroit: Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns, 50-14; Lions score 2 touchdowns in each quarter
1965 – The Supremes release single “My World is Empty Without You”
1992 – Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr killer) clemency
1994 – Australian cricket’s spin king Shane Warne dismisses England’s Phil DeFreitas, Darren Gough and Devon Malcolm for a famous hat-trick in 2nd Test win in Melbourne
1998 – Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over a million people