1657 – French troops occupy Mardyke
1941 – Adolf Hitler says Russia is “already broken and will never rise again” in a broadcast to the German people
1968 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1975 – Ireland AKZO director Tiede Herrema kidnap
1989 – Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
1991 – 25th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks, Tanya Tucker and Vince Gill wins
1992 – Sinead O’Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live”
1993 – Cleveland Indians play their final MLB game at Cleveland Stadium; lose 4-0 to Chicago White Sox Chicago
2004 – Seattle Mariners Japanese right fielder Ichiro Suzuki adds 2 more singles in a 3-0 defeat to Texas, to finish the season with a MLB record 262 hits
2007 – South Africa’s Mark Boucher breaks Ian Healy’s record to become the wicketkeeper with most dismissals in Test cricket (395); stumps Umar Gul off Paul Harris in 2nd innings of 1st Test win v Pakistan in Karachi