1796 ― Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1842 ― The opera "Linda di Chamounix" is produced (London)
1913 ― Panama Canal opens
1926 ― NHL's Chicago Black Hawks play their 1st game, beat Toronto St Pats 4-1
1934 ― Lyndon B. Johnson marries Claudia Alta Taylor
1937 ― Britain's Lord Halifax visits Germany, beginning of appeasement
1938 ― Italy passes their own version of the anti-Jewish Nuremberg laws
1962 ― President Kennedy dedicates Dulles International Airport outside Wash DC
1967 ― Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off the Moon
1977 ― Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
1980 ― John Lennon releases "Double Fantasy" album in UK
1981 ― NBA NY Knick Bill Cartwright, ties record of 19 of 19 free throws
1984 ― Golden State Warrior scores 59 points losing to NJ Nets 124-110
1988 ― Benazir Bhutto wins election in Pakistan
1993 ― US Congress votes for NAFTA
1994 ― Irish Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds resigns