1853 – Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “La Traviata” premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy
1855 – Gustave Flaubert writes goodbye to the poet Louise Colet
1906 – Heavy storm bursts dike, flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands
1909 – Dutch film distributor Jean Desmet opens his first permanent cinema, the Cinema Parisien in Rotterdam
1921 – Police in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, issue an edict requiring Women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee
1923 – MLB St. Louis Cardinals announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms
1962 – US promise Thailand assistance against communist aggression
1965 – The Temptations’ single “My Girl” reaches #1 on the Billboard Pop Chart; written and produced by the Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
1982 – Susan Birmingham makes then world’s loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
2018 – British health officials tells the country it’s time “to get on a diet” and urging manufacturers to reduce calories in foods