1696 – English King William III departs Netherlands
1808 – Portugal’s regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro
1850 – Daniel Webster endorses Compromise of 1850
1902 – Boers beat British troops at Tweebosch, Transvaal
1945 – Cologne taken by allied armies
1965 – Bruce Taylor takes 5-86 in debut innings for NZ after ton
1967 – Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)
1970 – Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA)
2010 – 82nd Academy Awards: “The Hurt Locker”, Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock win
2017 – Malta’s famous landmark the Azure Window collapses into the sea after a storm