1624 – Hungarian King Bethlen Gabor and Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II sign Treaty of Vienna
1847 – Scot Robert Thompson patents rubber tyre
1878 – 1st unassisted triple play in organized baseball, by Paul Hines
1952 – “Of Thee I Sing” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
1966 – Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore’s Memorial Park, by Oriole OF Frank Robinson
1973 – Indians holding South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrender
1984 – Thames Barrier to stop flooding in London officially completed
2008 – Rock for the Rainforest benefit concert held at Carnegie Hall, NYC; performers include: Sting, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Brian Wilson, Chris Botti, Feist, Roberto Alagna, and Natalie Clein
2013 – Sir Alex Ferguson announces his retirement as Manchester United’s manager at the end of the season
2014 – World’s oldest astrolabe (mariner’s navigator tool) c. 1498 from Portuguese shipwreck of explorer Vasco da Gama found near Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman