1693 – William and Mary College is chartered in Williamsburg in the Dominion and Colony of Virginia (second in North America)
1807 – Battle of Eylau ends inconclusively between Napoleon’s forces and Russian Empire – 1st battle Napoleon isn’t victorious
1889 – Flood ravages Dutch coast
1912 – British Emissary journeys to Berlin to suggest that Britain might support German colonial aspirations in Africa if Germany agrees to hold her current naval strength
1916 – French cruiser “Admiral Charner” torpedoed off Syrian coast, kills 374
1936 – 1st ski jumping tournament at Red Wing, Minnesota
1936 – German alpine skier Christi Cranz wins the inaugural Olympic women’s combined gold medal at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games ahead of teammate Käthe Grasegger
1962 – In Paris, 8 people killed at a protest against independence for the French colony Algeria
1963 – 1st transmission of Clandestine Voice of Iraqi People (Communist)
1971 – Operation Lam Son 719 begins, a limited South Vietnamese incursion into Laos