1407 – Bloody battles between Hoeksen and Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht
1746 – Bonnie Prince Charlies army leaves Glasgow, [NS=1/14]
1899 – 1st known use of the word “automobile”, appears in an editorial in The New York Times
1945 – Admiral Chester Nimitz begins planning assaults on Okinawa and Iwo Jima in Japan
1946 – As a reward for his wartime cooperation, Governor Thomas E. Dewey commutes Charles “Lucky” Luciano’s pandering sentence on condition that he does not resist deportation to Italy
1948 – Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 and 127*) v India MCG
1952 – Australia beat W Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38
1955 – Jose Ramon Guizado becomes president of Panama
1970 – Marxist government takes over in Congo
2005 – 71st Sugar Bowl: #3 Auburn beats #8 Virginia Tech, 16-13