1883 – John Gordon Cashman publishes the first edition of the “Vicksburg Evening Post” in Mississippi
1919 – Demonstrates organised by students erupt in China, after news from the Paris Peace Conference that the Allies intend to give Shangtung to Japan
1933 – Pulitzer Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald Macleish for “Conquistador”
1961 – Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather reach a record height of 34,668 meters in a balloon
1968 – 1st ABA championship: Pitts Pipers beat NO Buccaneers, 4 games to 3
1977 – US Catholic bishops rescind automatic excommunications for divorced and remarried Catholics (receiving communion still outlawed if the previous marriages were not annulled by Church tribunals)
1991 – Phil Collins, Al Jarreau, Ikutaro Kakehashi and Joe Zawinul receive honorary doctorate degrees from the Berklee College of Music in Boston
1991 – MLB Cleveland Indians’ Chris James sets club record for most RBIs in a game (9)
1992 – US Army and Marine Corps forces arrive in Los Angeles to end rioting following the acquittal of four police officers over the beating of Rodney King
2016 – Ohio Governor John Kasich bows out of the race for US Republican Presidential nominee