1081 – Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne
1905 – Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000
1912 – Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields in Siberia
1949 – WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 – The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London
1960 – Senegal declares independence from France
1973 – World Trade Center, then the world’s tallest building, opens in New York (110 stories). Later destroyed in 9/11 terrorist attacks.
1986 – Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
1994 – American actor Tony Curtis (68) undergoes heart-bypass surgery
2012 – Somalia’s National Theater is struck by a suicide bomber killing ten people including the presidents of the Somali Olympic Committee and Football Federation