1565 – King Philip II’s “Letters out Segovia” reaches Brussels
1864 – The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
1909 – Collier’s magazine accuses U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
1931 – Hattie Caraway (D-AK) appointed first US woman senator
1937 – NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
1965 – “Yarmouth Castle” burns and sinks off Bahamas, killing 89
1970 – VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives “impudent snobs”
1970 – Lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup
1988 – 39th Formula One WDC: Ayrton Senna wins by three points
2014 – Rohit Sharma of India sets a new record of 264 runs against Sri Lanka in an ODI innings in cricket
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