1792 – Domenico Cimarosa’s opera “Il Matrimonio Segreto” premieres in Vienna
1795 – Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies
1914 – Charlie Chaplin debuts silent film character The Tramp in “Kid Auto Races at Venice”
1945 – Harry Truman appoints Irwin C Mollison judge of US Customs Court
1960 – Old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea
1968 – Belgium government of Vanden Boeynants falls
1970 – “Hollywood Palace” last airs on ABC TV
1992 – Mike Tyson testifies in his rape trial
1994 – Howard Stern stops a would-be jumper on the George Washington Bridge
1995 – Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting