1634 – Heeren XIX (the directors of the Dutch West India Company) ask “to secure Eylands Curacao”
1843 – William Wordsworth is appointed British Poet Laureate by Queen Victoria
1973 – Indian troops invade Sikkim
1984 – Members of Cameroon’s Republican Guard unsuccessfully attempt to overthrow the government headed by Paul Biya.
1987 – Middleweight World Boxing Championship bout: Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada
2006 – New Zealand Sign Language is made an official language of New Zealand
2014 – 49th Academy of Country Music Awards: George Strait, Jason Aldean, and Miranda Lambert win
2015 – 77th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Duke beats Wisconsin, 68-63; Blue Devils’ point guard Tyus Jones, 23 points