3102 BCE - Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga.
1556 - Shaanxi earthquake; The deadliest earthquake in history, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
1789 - Georgetown College, the first Catholic college in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
1855 - The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.
1950 - The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
1960 - The Bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 m (35,798 feet) in the Pacific Ocean.
2003 - Final communication between Earth and Pioneer 10.
