1856 – Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes badly damaged by gunpowder explosion, kills 4,000 on island of Rhodes
1882 – Wood block alarm invented, when alarm rang, it dropped 20 wood blocks
1948 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1948 – 1st US figure skating championships held
1980 – France performs nuclear test
1987 – MLB Chicago Cubs trade Dennis Eckersley to Oakland A’s for 3 minor league players
1987 – Duchess of Windsor’s jewels auctioned for £31,380,197
1992 – 1st exhibition game at Camden Field – Orioles beat NY Mets
1994 – The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Ray Floyd wins first of 4 Champions Tour majors with birdie on first playoff hole against Dale Douglass
2013 – 50 people are killed by flooding across Argentina