1294 - Jews expelled from Berne, Switzerland
1834 - Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
1859 - Charles Blondin becomes first to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
1894 - Korea, under Japanese influence, declares independence from China
1914 - Mahatma Gandhi's first arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in South Africa
1923 - New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica
1934 - Night of the Long Knives, Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party
1934 - NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions
1936 - "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell published
1936 - 40-hour workweek law approved (federal)
1950 - President Truman orders U.S. troops into Korea
1956 - United DC-7 & TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128
1971 - Ohio becomes the 38th state to approve lowering the voting age to 18, thus ratifying the 26th amendment
1981 - China's Communist Party condemns the late Mao Tse-tung's policy