1903 – Topsy the elephant is electrocuted by her owners at Luna Park, Coney Island and filmed by Edison Manufacturing movie company
1904 – Stanley Cup, Aberdeen Pavilion, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa HC beats Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2-0 for 2-1 challenge series victory
1942 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US Army Chief of Staff General Marshall fly to Florida
1942 – 4th NFL All Star Game, Polo Grounds, NYC: Chicago Bears beat NFL All-Stars, 35-24
1953 – KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1963 – Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon
1981 – “Frankenstein” opens and closes on Broadway
1998 – Anton Chekov’s dramatic play “Ivanov”, translated and adapted by David Hare, closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater, NYC, after 51 performances
2009 – Phil Taylor, with a 7–1 victory in the final over Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld wins his 12th PDC World Darts title, his 14th in all; his 110.94 average remains a record for the PDC World Darts Championship final
2018 – Truck hits a train near Kroonstad city, South Africa killing 19 passengers
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