1479 – Treaty of Alcaçovas: Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa
1862 – Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas (Elkhorn Tavern)
1906 – Heavy storm bursts dike, flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands
1951 – The trial of Julius Rosenberg and his wife Ethel Rosenberg begins
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 – Atlantis (OV-104) rollout at Palmdale
1999 – 20th Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats St. John’s, 82-63
2001 – US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham establishes the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve to be used in emergency circumstances
2012 – 9,000 residents are evacuated from Wagga Wagga, Australia, as the Murrimbidgee River threatens to overflow
2019 – US trade deficit rises to 10-year high of $621 billion