1861 – Federals abandon Ft Quitman, Texas
1943 – Chinese steward Poon Lim is found off the coast of Brazil by a Brazilian fisherman family after being adrift 133 days, after British ship SS Benlomond torpedoed by german U-boat
1979 – Ex-premier Pol Jar flees out of Cambodia
1984 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain’s all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)
1986 – Record for a throw-and-return boomerang toss is set (121m)
1987 – Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title
1993 – Construction begins on Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1993 – Republican Guard kills 64 in Chad
2013 – Japan’s Nikkei 225 reaches its highest level in five years
2015 – Rolling Stone Magazine retracts its “Rape on Campus” story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia after being discredited