1742 – Empress Elizabeth of Russia proclaims her nephew Peter of Holstein-Gottorp (later Peter III) her heir
1909 – Knights of St Peter Claver founded in Mobile, Alabama; Ladies Auxiliary formed in 1922
1914 – German Chinese concession of Kiaochow Bay and its center at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces
1916 – Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich warns Tsar of uprising
1921 – Ed Wynn’s musical revue “The Perfect Fool” premieres in NYC
1997 – “Bean” film directed by Mel Smith and starring Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean opens in the US
2012 – 48 people are killed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Guatemala
2018 – He world’s oldest figurative painting of a beast at least 40,000 years old is discovered in Lubang Jeriji Saléh cave in Indonesian Borneo