1330 – Battle of Posada, Wallachian voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush
1858 – 1st performance of NY Symphony Orchestra
1925 – Robert A. Millikan confirms the existence of cosmic rays from outer space in a speech to the National Academy of Sciences at Madison, Wisconsin
1950 – Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
1962 – Catharina Lodders of the Netherlands elected Miss World
1965 – 1st NY Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St Louis
1971 – John List kills family and moves to Colorado
1980 – Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares holy war against Iran
1984 – Most shots in a NY Islander game (88 – Isles 45, NY Rangers 43)
2013 – 8 people are killed by a gunman in Cali, Columbia