1613-Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
1920-Walt Disney starts first job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co
1924-Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland
1942-German & Italian troops occupy Benghazi
1958-Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward wed
1964-Most lopsided high-school basketball score-211-29 (Louisiana)
1966-Snow storm in north east U.S. kills 165
1970-USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR
1979-Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping visits Washington DC
1980-Six Iranian held U.S. hostages escape with help of the Canadians
1982-Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
1984-President Reagan formally announces he will seek a second term
1988-Talks break down between Sandinistas and Contras
1989-USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit
1991-Nelson Mandela & Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meet in Durban after 28 years
1993-Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman
1998-Soyuz TM-27 launches to MIR