1837-Felix Mendelssohn marries Cecile Jeanrenaud
1885-U.S. Salvation Army officially organized
1917-Jews are expelled from Tel Aviv & Jaffa by Turkish authorities
1939-Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco
1944-Astrid Lindgren sprains ankle & begins writing “Pippi Longstocking”
1962-Military coup in Syria, President Nazim al-Kudsi flees
1967-U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
1972-Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game
1985-International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley's Comet
1991-Mike Tyson admits paternity to Kimberly Scarborough's son
1994-Armed Zulus demonstrate in Johannesburg, over 53 killed
1995-World's largest bank-Japan's Mitsubishi Bank & Bank of Tokyo merge