1788 - Prussia joins the Anglo-Dutch alliance to form the Triple Alliance to prevent the spread of the Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90
1963 - Warren Spahn sets the left-hander strikeout record at 2,382
1985 - South African Defence Force soldiers, traveling in a convoy of more than ten armored vehicles, surround the Thaba-Jabula High School in Soweto and arrest 200 students during a clampdown on school boycotts
1997 - MLB San Diego Padres trade outfielder Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels
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