1726 – Three men arrested during a February raid on Mother Clap’s molly-house (a coffee house catering to homosexuals) in London are executed by hanging at Tyburn, England
1738 – Britain sends fleet to the Mediterranean Sea and West Indies
1862 – Battle of Farmington, Mississippi
1882 – Telegraph Hill RR Co (Cable Cars) in San Francisco organized
1944 – Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
1950 – French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
1962 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1967 – Gijs van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam
1992 – Final episode of “Golden Girls” airs on NBC-TV
2012 – United States President Barack Obama officially states his support for same-sex marriage