1326 — Daitokuji temple, Rinzai line, established in Kyoto by Daito Kokushi
1792 — First cremation in U.S., Henry Laurens
1854 — Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin
1863 — Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South
1869 — 20th Roman Catholic ecumenical council, Vatican I, opens in Rome
1876 — Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years
1913 — Construction starts on Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco
1923 — German-U.S. friendship treaty signed
1930 — Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway New York NY
1936 — NAACP files suit to equalize the salaries of black & white teachers
1941 — U.S. & Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WWII
1949 — Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa
1951 — American League alters its restrictions on night games, adopting National League's suspended game rule & lifting its ban on lights for Sunday games
1952 — First TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
1962 — 114-day newspaper strike begins in New York NY
1965 — Pope Paul VI signs second Vatican council
1966 — U.S. & USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
1987 — Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel
1987 — President Reagan & Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
1991 — Russia, Byelorussia & Ukraine form Commonwealth of Independent States
1992 — Galileo's nearest approach to Jupiter (303 km)