1844 – Opera “Stradella” after being rewritten is produced (Hamburg)
1875 – Andrassy Note calls for Christian-Muslim religious freedoms
1879 – Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance” premieres
1913 – Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 and 9-103)
1922 – Creation of the USSR formally proclaimed in Moscow from the Bolshoi Theatre, Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SSR
1952 – Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US
1963 – “Let’s Make A Deal,” debuts on NBC-TV
1990 – 11th United Negro College Fund raises $10,000,000
1992 – Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney
1992 – Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win v West Indies