1590 – Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV
1741 – -6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
1896 – Henrik Ibsen’s play “Kejsor og Galileer” (Emperor and Galilean) premieres in Leipzig
1949 – Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
1957 – William Inge’s “Dark at the Top of the Stairs” premieres in NYC
1960 – Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
1965 – Brunswick Records releases “My Generation”, the debut album of British rock group The Who, in the UK and Australia
1979 – Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns
1983 – 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
2008 – Former NFL star O.J. Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery