1631 – Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of South Netherlands
1645 – Prince Frederick Henry conquers Hulst, the last major siege of the Eighty Years’ War
1957 – 2nd Soviet Earth-satellite launched
1958 – Belgian minority government of Gaston Eyskens resigns
1978 – Iranian troops fire on anti-Shah student protesters by Tehran University
1980 – Libyan invasion in Chad
1995 – KeyArena opens in Seattle, Supersonics beat the LA Lakers 103-89
2014 – Tim Scott becomes the first African-American Senator in the south since the Reconstruction
