1859 – Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
1952 – Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
1954 – WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 – Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20
1958 – KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1962 – St. Louis 1st baseman Stan Musial’s records his 3,516th hit in Cards’ 4-3 loss v NY Mets; jumps him over Tris Speaker into 2nd place behind Ty Cobb on the MLB all-time list
1972 – East German swimmer Roland Matthes wraps up the Olympic backstroke double with a world record 2:02.82 in the 200m in Munich, having already won the 100m in Olympic record time
1973 – Netherlands win their first men’s hockey World Cup, 4-2 on penalties over India in Amstelveen, Netherlands
1995 – Southern California begins using new area code 562
2008 – 54th National Film Awards (India): “Pulijanmam” wins the Golden Lotus