1788 – Georgia is 4th state to ratify US constitution
1943 – University of Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team begins 129 home game winning streak that only ends in 1955; incorporates NCAA titles in 1948, 1949 and 1951
1960 – 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in North America (Halifax)
1961 – 27th Sugar Bowl: #2 Mississippi beats Rice, 14-6
1965 – Martin Luther King Jr. begins a drive to register black voters
1966 – National Football League Championship, Lambeau Field, Green Bay: Green Bay Packers beat Cleveland Browns, 23-12; first NFL title game televised in colour; last one played before Super Bowl era
1972 – “Rothschilds” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 505 performances
1985 – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reappoints Coptic pope Shenuda III
2016 – Saudi Arabia executes 47 alleged terrorists, including Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr
2019 – Apple CEO Tim Cook blames below expectation Chinese iPhone sales for downturn in company’s outlook, rocking international stock markets