1816 – Sophie Germain is the first woman to win a prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her paper on elasticity
1833 – Boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established
1870 – US mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins
1901 – New South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes
1906 – A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people.
1913 – Frank Chance becomes NY Yankees manager
1971 – Voyageurs National Park, Minn, established
1981 – Isabel Allende begins a letter to her dying grandfather that will become her first novel “The House of the Spirits”
1989 – AFC Championship, Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati: Cincinnati Bengals beat Buffalo Bills, 21-10
2008 – 34th People’s Choice Awards: Johnny Depp and Reese Witherspoon win (Movie Star) and Patrick Dempsey and Katherine Heigl win (TV)