1815 – Signing of Kandyan treaty by British invaders and Sri Lankan King
1865 – Freedman’s Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865
1901 – United States Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops
1907 – General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
1963 – 10th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament, Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, NC: Duke beats Wake Forest, 68-57
1981 – Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Washington, D.C.
1993 – Mario Lemieux undergoes his 22nd and final radiation treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma, then joins the Pittsburgh Penguins in Philadelphia and has a goal and assist in a 5-4 loss to the Flyers
2020 – Amy Klobuchar drops out of the US Democratic presidential race and endorses Joe Biden
2020 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey can not longer enforce 2016 deal with EU to stop migrants entering Europe, warns millions may try
2021 – Governors of Texas and Mississippi both announce they are lifting mask mandates and COVID-19 health measures despite CDC warnings of complacency