1665 – Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing
1816 – Jews are expelled from Free city of Lubeck, Germany
1901 – In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.
1953 – Malenkov becomes chairman of the USSR
1967 – 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Bonnie Guitar win
1976 – European Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden won by John Curry (Great Britain)
1989 – Yanks beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985)
2013 – 9 people die after a plane crashes after being ensnared in power lines in Peru
2015 – NASA’s Dawn space probe enters orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres
2016 – Seventh Democratic presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN and held in Flint, Michigan