1488-Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
1867-Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912)
1919-League of Nations first meeting (Paris)
1930-Vietnamese Communistic Party forms
1947-First black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)
1961-Sixth largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm))
1962-President Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs
1965-105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams
1966-First soft landing on the Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1967-"Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1980-Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter's envoy
1982-John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
1984-First baby conceived by embryo transplant born in Long Beach CA
1987-Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twin for Neal Heaton
1994-"Les Miserables" opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore
1994-Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok
1994-President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam
1997-Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca NY