1653 – The Coonan Cross Oath is taken in the Saint Thomas Christian community in an effort to avoid submission to Portuguese rule in India
1872 – 1st patent list issued by US Patent Office
1890 – 1st US college-level dairy school opens at University of Wisconsin
1933 – Minnie D. Craig becomes the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
1969 – Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr seated by Congress
1971 – 1st AFC Championship, Memorial Stadium, Baltimore: Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders, 27-17
1973 – A 12-man syndicate led by Michael Burke and George Steinbrenner III buys MLB’s New York Yankees from CBS for US$10 million
1985 – Israel government confirms resettlement of 10,000 Ethiopian Jews
2007 – National Express has its worst ever coach crash just outside Heathrow Airport.
2019 – Chinese Chang’e-4 spacecraft becomes the first ever to touch down on the far side of the Moon