1907 - Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published 1917 - In WWI the 1st US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay 1944 - Canadian troops occupy Knokke in Belgium 1959 - Charles Van Doren confesses during a congressional investigation that TV quiz show "Twenty-One" was fixed 1976 - Democrat candidate Jimmy Carter is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford; Walter Mondale elected vice president 1990 - First regular season game played outside North America by any major professional sports league the NBA's Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz, 119-96 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Japan 1993 - Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of New Jersey 1996 - Miami Heat’s Pat Riley becomes eighth coach to win 800 games in 97-95 win at Indiana; milestone accomplished 2 weeks shy of his 15th coaching anniversary, faster than any coach in NBA history 2017 - On This Day and Xiaomi launch a content partnership to display today in history content in Xiaomi's calendar app to users in India 2021 - Jihadist gunman ambush and kill 69 people, including a local mayor in south-west Niger, adding to the 530 killed in 2021 to date More Historical Events »