1889 – Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in San Francisco
1945 – Harry Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court
1959 – Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M
1970 – “Hollywood Palace” last airs on ABC TV
1970 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
1982 – Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica
1989 – 40th NHL All-Star Game, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton: Campbell Conference beats Wales Conference, 9-5; MVP: Wayne Gretzky, LA Kings, C
1990 – USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties
1991 – The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.
2018 – DNA analysis of Chedder Man, UK’s oldest complete skeleton shows he had dark skin and blue eyes