1910 – Neon lights first publicly displayed (Paris Auto Show)
1939 – Dmitri Shostakovich’s 6th Symphony premieres
1949 – 14th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 14-13 in Birmingham
1956 – Britain and France pull troops out of Egypt
1964 – Police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley
1979 – Shadow Traffic begins broadcasting in the New York City metropolitan area.
1985 – 7th ACE Cable Awards: Shelley Duvall wins the Golden CableACE for “Faerie Tale Theatre”
1988 – NY Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48)
1995 – England cricket wicket-keeper Jack Russell dismisses Clive Eksteen with his record 11th catch in 2nd Test v South Africa in Johannesburg
2007 – Devastating winter storms cause Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, closing 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days, resulting in at least eight deaths and billions of dollars of damage