1903 - Topsy the elephant is electrocuted by her owners at Luna Park‚ Coney Island and filmed by Edison Manufacturing movie company 1904 - Stanley Cup‚ Aberdeen Pavilion‚ Ottawa‚ ON: Ottawa HC beats Winnipeg Rowing Club‚ 2-0 for 2-1 challenge series victory 1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US Army Chief of Staff General Marshall fly to Florida 1942 - 4th NFL All Star Game‚ Polo Grounds‚ NYC: Chicago Bears beat NFL All-Stars‚ 35-24 1953 - KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso‚ TX (NBC) begins broadcasting 1963 - Soviet Luna (4) reaches Earth orbit but fails to reach Moon 1981 - "Frankenstein" opens and closes on Broadway 1998 - Anton Chekov's dramatic play "Ivanov"‚ translated and adapted by David Hare‚ closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater‚ NYC‚ after 51 performances 2009 - Phil Taylor‚ with a 7–1 victory in the final over Dutchman Raymond van Barneveld wins his 12th PDC World Darts title‚ his 14th in all; his 110.94 average remains a record for the PDC World Darts Championship final 2018 - Truck hits a train near Kroonstad city‚ South Africa killing 19 passengers More Historical Events »