1592 – Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII
1713 – England and Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty
1913 – UK House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill
1928 – 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US
1933 – Australian Championships Women’s Tennis, Melbourne: Joan Hartigan Bathurst beats Coral McInnes Buttsworth 6-4, 6-3
1940 – Benjamin Britten’s “Lesson Illuminations” premieres in London
1957 – US Congress accepts “Eisenhower-doctrine”
1961 – “I Fall to Pieces” single released by Patsy Cline (Billboard Song of the Year 1961)
1977 – 8th (final) part of “Roots” is most-watched US entertainment show ever (100 million)
1998 – Paul Simon’s “The Capeman” premieres