1914 – Henry Colijn appointed as director of Bataafsche Petroleum Co
1918 – Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
1943 – Delft opposition group-Pahud de Mortanges overthrown
1958 – George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season
1961 – Mine cave-in in Japan, kills 72
1964 – Creighton’s Paul Silas grabs Midwest record 27 rebounds against Okla
1974 – 21st ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Maryland, 103-100 (OT)
1996 – Javed Miandad’s last international in Pakistan’s Cricket World Cup Quater Final loss to India
2007 – The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens
2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights