1592 – Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII
1647 – After nine months of negotiations, Scottish Presbyterians sell captured Charles I to English Parliament for around £100,000
1835 – Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C. in 1st attempted assassination of a US President
1902 – Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although it acknowledges Japan’s ‘special interest’ in Korea
1933 – Australian Championships Men’s Tennis: Jack Crawford wins his 3rd straight Australian title; beats Keith Gledhill of the US 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2
1956 – KRMA TV channel 6 in Denver, CO (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 – Dutch communist trade union EVC’58 disbands
1965 – State funeral of Winston Churchill at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Then world’s largest ever state funeral.
1996 – Commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet Scott Redd states that Iran test-fired a new anti-ship missile near the Strait of Hormuz
2000 – 16th Sundance Film Festival: “Girlfight” and “You Can Count on Me” (tie) win Grand Jury Prize Dramatic