1839-Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society
1913-Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished
1924-Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union
1924-Russian city of St. Petersburg renamed Leningrad
1943-Hitler orders nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death
1943-Jewish patients/nurses/doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau
1948-Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*)
1960-Algeria uprises against French President De Gaulle
1962-Jackie Robinson is 1st Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1969-Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa
1976-Cleveland Cavaliers biggest margin victory-43 points (beat Milwaukee 132-89)
1979-US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984-Apple Computer Inc unveils its Macintosh personal computer
1986-43rd Golden Globes Whoopi Goldberg, "Color Purple" win
1989-First reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
1990-Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon
1991-"Les Miserables" opens at Theatre St Denis, Montreal
1994-Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for 1st time (3,914.48)