1591 – Giovanni A. Facchinetti is elected as Pope Innocent IX
1709 – England and the Netherlands sign the anti-French First Barrier Treaty (“Barrieretraktaat”)
1920 – Ed Barrow is appointed general manager of the New York Yankees
1924 – Musical revue “Dixie to Broadway” opens at Broadhurst Theater
1954 – Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser disbands the Muslim Brotherhood
1964 – The Star of India sapphire and other jewels are stolen from the American Museum of Natural History in New York
1967 – Expo 67 closes in Montreal, Canada
1969 – Tom Seaver is voted National League Cy Young Award