1232 – Mongol army under General Subedei begins the siege of Chinese Jin capital of Kaifeng – 1st occasion gunpowder used in a major engagement
1500 – Battle of Novara: King Louis XII of France defeats Duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
1866 – Italy and Prussia ally against Austria-Hungary.
1879 – Milk sold in glass bottles for 1st time
1886 – William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill into the British House of Commons.
1935 – Béla Bartók’s 5th String quartet premieres in Washington, D.C.
1969 – Expansion teams Royals, Expos, Padres and Pilots win their 1st games
1979 – People’s Republic of China joins IOC
1985 – Amdahl releases UTS/V, 1st mainframe Unix
1990 – “Twin Peaks” created by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan premieres on ABC-TV