1857 – National Association of Baseball Players founded, NY
1925 – Albania Republic proclaimed under Pres Achmed Zogu
1930 – -35°F (-37°C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
1949 – Chinatown telephone exchange closed
1960 – 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia
1972 – 22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at LA
1571 – Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician
1820 – Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899)
1874 – Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940)
1900 – Franz Salmhofer, composer
1931 – Galina Zybina, USSR, discus thrower (15 world records between 1952-58)
1978 – Chone Figgins, American baseball player
1750 – Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
1981 – Fannie Thomas, US, dies at 113
1983 – Fred Bakewell, cricketer (dashing England bat of 30s, 6 Tests), dies
1996 – Yisrael Eldad, extremist politician, dies at 85
2009 – Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908)
2016 – Anthony Simmons, British writer and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms), dies at 93