1535Francisco Pizarro founds the city of Lima, Peru

1671Pirate Henry Morgan defeats Spanish defenders, captures Panama

1778Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)

1779John Dickinson is appointed to be a delegate for Delaware to the Continental Congress

1817José de San Martín leads a revolutionary army over the Andes to attack Spanish royalists in Chile

18712nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I & Bismarck

1929Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo

1938Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG

1939SA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* v NSW

1944The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers were Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.

1947Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)

1963Al Davis becomes the head coach and general manager of the Oakland Raiders

1973John Cleese's final episode on "Monty Python's Flying Circus," on BBC

1983IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball

1991Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 mins

1992NHL All Star Game - Campbell-10, Wales-6 (Brett Hull, MVP) at Philadelphia

1993Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time

1995Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia

1998Kelly Robbins wins Healthsouth Golf Inaugural

2008The United Nations announce George Clooney as a UN messenger of peace