1795 - Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy
1806 - Britain occupies the Cape of Good Hope
1829 - Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1" premieres
1886 - Aurora Ski Club, 1st in US, founded in Minnesota
1898 - Brown defeats Harvard 6-0 in 1st intercollegiate hockey game
1899 - Anglo-Egyptian Sudan forms
1921 - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador sign Pact of Union
1937 - Cy Young, Tris Speaker & Nap Lajoie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1966 - Indira Gandhi elected India's 3rd prime minister
1986 - Spain recognizes Israel
1989 - President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
1992 - IBM announces a nearly $5B loss for 1992
1993 - Israel recognizes PLO as no longer criminal