1890 - The Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
1972 - Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountains, (passengers eat crash victims to survive, 16 of 45 rescued 2 months later)
1999 - Canadian Robert Mundell is named the winner of the 1999 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
2012 - "I Won't Give Up," a single by Jason Mraz, is certified 4x multi-platinum
2012 - Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild sells for $34 million, the highest-selling artwork by a living artist
1878 - Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest, born in O'Connell Town, Yass, New South Wales (d. 1952)
1933 - Raynald Fréchette, Quebec politician and judge, born in Asbestos, Quebec (d. 2007)
1955 - Frans van Oostrom, Dutch jazz and blues guitarist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
1956 - Anura Ranasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer (Sri Lankan batsman in 3 Tests 1982), born in Kalatura, Sri Lanka
1980 - Magne Hoseth, Norwegian soccer midfielder (22 caps; Molde FK 284 games), born in Averøy, Norway
1673 - Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (b. 1617)
1987 - Kishore Kumar, Indian singer and actor, dies at 58
1995 - Golfredo Corradetti, Canadian conductor, dies at 79
2003 - Anne Ziegler [Irené Eastwood], British singer of light opera, known with husband Webster Booth as the "Sweethearts in Song", dies at 93
2025 - Tony Caunter, British actor (Roy Evans in "EastEnders"), dies at 88
The cornerstone is laid for the White House in the newly designated capital city of Washington, D.C.