1771 – Samuel Hearne explores Copper Mine River of Canada
1800 – Indiana Territory organized
1862 – Battle of West Point, Virginia at Eltham’s Landing, Barnhamsville
1934 – Princess Juliana of the Netherlands opens Juliana Canal between Maastricht and Maasbracht
1960 – Webster and Fain’s musical “Christine”, based on Hilda Wernher’s novel “My Indian Family”, closes at 46th St Theater, NYC, after 12 performances
1992 – US space shuttle STS-49 launched, the maiden voyage of Endeavour
1992 – Champion Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr. retires after winning 7,057 thoroughbred horse races
2007 – Ehud Netzer of Hebrew University announces he has discovered the tomb of Herod the Great at Herodium, West Bank
2011 – 137th Kentucky Derby: John Velazquez aboard Animal Kingdom wins in 2:02.04
2013 – 4 people are killed after the Mayon Volcano erupts in the Philippines