1338 – Jacob of Arteveld elected mayor of Ghent
1840 – 1st deep sea sounding by James Clark Ross in south Atlantic at 2425 fathoms (14,450 feet)
1919 – Herbert Hoover is placed in charge of war relief in Europe
1951 – 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians “exposed” as British/US agents
1959 – Alaska admitted as 49th US state
1972 – The Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb in Callender Street, Belfast, injuring over 60 people
1988 – Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
1998 – Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke
2011 – Adrian Lewis of England wins his first PDC World Darts Championship with a 7-5 win over Scotsman Gary Anderson at the Alexandra Palace, London
2019 – Archaeologists in Mexico announce discovery of pre-Aztec temple to god Xipe Tótec in Puebla state (dated 900-1150 AD)