1673 - First recorded wine auction held in London
1872 - Metropolitan Museum of Art opens (New York, N.Y.)
1887 - Germany, Austria-Hungary & France end Triple Alliance
1927 - Golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath
1929 - American Samoa organized as a territory of U.S.
1941 - Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation
1941 - First transport of Jews to concentration camps leave Plotsk Poland
1941 - Romania breaks relations with Netherlands
1944 - Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
1952 - First black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
1976 - Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 - Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY
1987 - David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America", after 11 years
1988 - 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
1994 - 3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage