1815 – Signing of Kandyan treaty by British invaders and Sri Lankan King
1882 – Queen Victoria narrowly escapes assassination when Roderick Maclean shoots at her while boarding a train in Windsor
1907 – Georges Feydeaus’ “La Puce à l’Oreille” premieres in Paris
1945 – King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government
1968 – Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler and Ford of Great Britain
1974 – Grand jury concludes US President Richard Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up
1991 – NC State point guard Chris Corchiani becomes 1st NCAA Div I player to record 1,000 career assists in a 89-84 loss to Wake Forest
1994 – William Natcher, (Rep-D-Ky), casts his 18,401 and last consecutive vote
1995 – Joe Mullen becomes 2nd NHL player to appear in 300 NHL games with 3 different teams when he plays for the Penguins in a 6-3 loss in Buffalo; Pittsburgh 379, St. Louis 301, Calgary 345
2002 – 40-year old South African boxer ‘Baby Jake’ Matlala ends his 22-year career with a 7th-round TKO win over Columbia’s Juan Herrera to retain his WBU junior flyweight title in Johannesburg