1493-Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
1816-France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1930-NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game
1942-British troops reconquer Sollum
1948-Mohandas Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1948-First Supermarket in UK opens
1950-USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
1961-U.N. genocide pact goes into effect
1977-Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
1990-Civil Rights activist Reverand Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Brooklyn
1990-Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)
1991-Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1991-U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq
1994-Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakhan's murder
1995-Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe, Japan
1995 -Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles
1996-Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with U.S.)
1997-Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
1997-Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships