43The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian", later "Caesar Augustus"), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony is formed.

1476vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

1688French King Louis XIV declares war on Netherlands

1859Last weekly installment of Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published in literary periodical All the Year Round

1865"Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll published in USA

1922English archaeologist Howard Carter opens Tutankhamun's virtually intact tomb in Egypt

1932Bradman completes 10,000 runs in first-class cricket, 126 innings

1941Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro

19481st polaroid camera sold for $89.75 in Boston at the Jordan Marsh department store. The Land Camera model 95 becomes the prototype for all Polaroid Land cameras produced for the next 15 years.

1963Cincinnati 2nd baseman Pete Rose wins NL Rookie of Year

1980Mike Schmidt is unanimous choice as NL MVP

1982Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch

1984After 518 goals & 14 years with Mont Canadiens, Guy Lafleur retires

19901st Billboard Music Awards: M.C. Hammer & Janet Jackson win

1990Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait

1995Dolphins QB Dan Marino sets NFL record with 343rd touchdown pass

1999Steve Yzerman scores his 600th career goal

2013Due to a street tirade captured on video, Alec Baldwin's show "Up Late with Alec Baldwin" is cancelled after only five episodes