1830 – King Willem I mobilizes Dutch army
1875 – Palace Hotel on Market Street opens in San Francisco
1895 – First UK individual cycling time trial is held on a 50-mile course north of London; Frederick Thomas Bidlake organiser
1931 – 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon and Pangborn)
1945 – Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers’ studios.
1950 – “Pardon Our French” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 performances
1970 – PBS becomes a US television network.
1982 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1982 – First regular season NHL game is played in New Jersey (Newark; NJ Devils play a 3-3 tie against Pittsburgh Penguins at Brendan Byrne Arena; Don Lever scores first Devils’ goal
2005 – Vampire novel “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer is first published by Little Brown