1856 – Tianjing’s struggle Incident in Nanjing, China.
1894 – -3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens
1898 – Machine gun 1st used in battle
1924 – Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart’s “Rose Marie” opens to rave reviews in NYC
1929 – Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union and Lever Bros
1941 – Academy copyrights Oscar statuette
1960 – New Zealand middle distance runner Peter Snell claims first of 3 career Olympic gold medals when he wins the 800m in Rome
1972 – French track cyclist Daniel Morelon successfully defends his Olympic sprint title beating Australian John Nicholson for the gold medal in Munich
1984 – “Zorba” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 362 performances
1990 – Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, San Francisco