1836 – Martin Van Buren elected the 8th President of the United States
1940 – North Africa: British counter offensive under general O’Connor
1949 – Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan
1968 – Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823 from the University of Cincinnati
1970 – West Germany and Poland normalize relations
1971 – An off duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment is shot dead by members of the Irish Republican Army in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
1991 – A J Kitt, US, wins World Skiing Cup
1999 – The RIAA files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client, on charges of copyright infringement.
2017 – Ballon d’Or: Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo wins his 5th award to equal Lionel Messi’s record; 2nd consecutive win for Ronaldo
2020 – Bob Dylan sells his entire songwriting catalog of more than 600 songs to the Universal Music Publishing Group for over $300 million