1598 – Boris Godunov seizes Russian throne on death of Feodor I
1894 – William K.L. Dickson captures “Fred Ott’s Sneeze” as a motion picture at Thomas Edison’s Black Mariah Studio, West Orange, New Jersey
1910 – Stanley Cup, Dey’s Arena, Ottawa, ON: Ottawa Senators beat Galt (ON), 3-1 for a 2-0 sweep of challenge series
1916 – In response to pressure from President Woodrow Wilson, Germany notifies the US State Department that it will abide by strict international rules of maritime warfare
1922 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is ratified by Dail Eireann by a 64-57 vote
1929 – Croatian nationalist and fascist movement, Ustaša founded by Ante Pavelić in exile in Italy
1933 – 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands
1980 – Real Records releases “Pretenders”, the debut album of The Pretenders, in UK
1992 – Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame
2019 – Amazon overtakes Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable listed company for the first time, worth $797 billion
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