1777 - University library at Vienna opens
1779 - War of Bavarian Succession ends
1905 - James J Jeffries retires as boxing champion
1906 - Bezalel Art School opens in Jerusalem
1909 - Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands
1912 - Royal Flying Corps is established in England
1913 - First 4 engine aircraft built & flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia)
1932 - Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich marries Nina Varsar
1933 - 59th Preakness: Charley Kurtsinger aboard Head Play wins in 2:02
1934 - Great dustbowl storm
1952 - Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
1981 - Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St. Peter's Square
1989 - Approximately 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
1995 - 6.5 earthquake hits Greece