1906 - Alpha Phi Alpha, first Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
1949 - Duncan Stewart, 2nd British Governor of Sarawak is fatally stabbed in the streets of Sibu by Malay student Rosli Dhoby with help from Morshidi Sidek with the goal of helping neighbouring Indonesia to take over British Sarawak
1971 - The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan
1977 - NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
1982 - China adopts its constitution
1985 - Slobodan Živojinović of Yugoslavia upsets No. 2 seed John McEnroe 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter finals; leaves McEnroe without a major singles title for the first time since 1978
1994 - 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
2012 - Miranda Hart wins Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year for "Is It Just Me?" at The British Book Awards

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1660 - Andre Campra, French composer, baptized in Aix-en-Provence, France (d. 1744)
1798 - Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (Prime Minister of France 1871-73), born in Saujon, France (d. 1881)
1889 - Lloyd Bacon, American stage, silent and sound screen actor (Charlie Chaplin films), and director (42nd Street; Knute Rockne, All American), born in San Jose, California (d. 1955)
1895 - Fritiof Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag), born in Vollsjö, Sweden (d. 1972)
1899 - Charlie Spencer, English soccer defender (2 caps; Newcastle Utd, Manchester Utd) and manager (Grimsby Town 1937-51), born in Washington, England (d. 1953)
1930 - Lorraine Chargin, American boxing promoter (Bobby Chacon, Tony "The Tiger" Lopez, Loreto Garza), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 2010)
1933 - Horst Buchholz, German actor (Magnificent 7; Raid on Entebbe), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2003)
1937 - Donnelly Rhodes, Canadian actor (Da Vinci's Inquest, Danger Bay), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2018)
1945 - Michael Gerzon, British mathematician and audio pioneer (Ambisonics), born in Birmingham (d. 1996)
1956 - Bernard King, American Basketball Hall of Fame small forward (NBA All-Star 1982, 84-85, 91; NY Knicks, Washington Bullets), born in Brooklyn, New York

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1334 - Pope John XXII (1316-1334), dies at about 90
1915 - Gustav Hollaender, German violinist, conductor, and composer, dies at 60
1944 - Roger Bresnahan, American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, outfielder and manager (World Series 1905 NY Giants; St. Louis Cardinals; first shin guards and batting helmet), dies at 65
1969 - Alceo Toni, Italian arranger (Vivaldi's "Four Season's" for piano four-hands), composer (Elegiac Quintet), and musicologist, dies at 85
1983 - Bruce Drake, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (University of Oklahoma 1938-55, 200-181), dies at 77
1985 - Marcel Boereboom, Belgian pianist, critic, educator, and musicologist (Handbook of Music History), dies at 83
1994 - Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73
1995 - Adrianne Jones, killed by David Graham and Diane Zamora, at 16
2005 - Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b.1963)
2017 - Mary Louise Hancock, American politician and activist, dies at 97

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