1579 – Betuwe joins the Union of Utrecht
1820 – Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays
1942 – World première of Dmitri Shostakovich’ 7th Symphony in Kuybyshev, Russia
1966 – 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die
1969 – Price of gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris
1974 – First performance in 3,000 years of world’s oldest known song “Hymn to Nikkal” a 3,400 year old Hurrian hymn to moon god Nikkal from Ugarit in Syria, played at Berkeley University by Anne Kilmer and Richard Crocker
1981 – Michael Stewart’s musical “Bring Back Birdie” opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC for 4 performances
1997 – Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame