1830 – Joseph Smith and 5 others officially organize the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon church ) in Fayette, New York
1966 – Mihir Sen swims Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and India
1986 – Soccer ball juggled non-stop for 14:14 hrs
1992 – George Harrison performs his final full concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, in a benefit for the transcendental mediation based Natural Law political party
2014 – ICC Women’s Cricket T20 World Cup, Dhaka: captain Meg Lanning’s 44 from 30 balls leads Australia to 106/4; beat England 105/8 to win by 6 wickets (with 29 balls remaining); 3rd consecutive T20 WC
2014 – 49th Academy of Country Music Awards: George Strait, Jason Aldean, and Miranda Lambert win
2016 – France passes legislation making it illegal to pay for sex
2019 – First ever “Marsquake” seismic event on planet Mars detected by NASA’s InSight lander
2020 – Nadia, a tiger at the Bronx Zoo (New York City), tests positive for COVID-19, 1st known case of human-to-cat transmission
2020 – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe announces state of emergency in seven prefectures and a nearly $1 trillion stimulus package as COVID-19 cases climb