1915 – 1st (German) poison gas attack, against Russians
1924 – Herma Szabo of Austria wins the ladies figure skating gold medal at the Chamonix Winter Olympics; only women’s event at the Games
1948 – J. D. Salinger’s short story “A Perfect Day for Banana Fish” appears in the New Yorker
1948 – An unprecedented 3-way tie for the silver medal in the 500m speed skating at the St. Moritz Winter Olympics; Americans Robert Fitzgerald and Ken Bartholomew, and Thomas Byberg of Norway are equal on 43.2s; Finn Helgesen of Norway wins gold, 43.1s
1952 – Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1½ centuries
1962 – General Charles P Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1965 – Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame
1975 – Barry Manilow’s single “Mandy” goes gold
2000 – Alaska Airlines flight 261 MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 persons aboard.
2019 – Blockbuster NBA trade: NY Knicks send Kristaps Porziņģis, Tim Hardaway Jr., Courtney Lee and Trey Burke to Dallas Mavericks for Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan, Wesley Matthews and 2 future 1st-round picks