656 – Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
1738 – Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia
1762 – British parliament accepts Treaty of Paris
1903 – Norwegian parliament votes unanimiously for female suffrage
1922 – 15th Women’s Australasian Championships (1st for women): Margaret Molesworth beats Esna Boyd (6-3, 10-8)
1954 – Dmitri Shostakovich appointed honored guest of Royal Swedish Academy of Music
1984 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 – NFL NY Giant Otis Anderson becomes 8th to rush for 10,000th yard
2006 – 72nd Heisman Trophy Award: Troy Smith, Ohio State (QB)
2015 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year, for her handling of debt and refugee crises