1830-Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena" premieres in Milan
1848-1st gold seekers arrive in Panama en route to San Francisco
1862-1st US navy hospital ship enters service
1919-Yankees & Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth
1924-Judy Garland, age 2½, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut
1926-Prince-regent Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan
1944-Budapest surrounded by soviet army
1946-Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1968-Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1
1968-Led Zeppelin's concert debut in Boston as opener for Vanilla Fudge
1973-"The Exorcist", starring Linda Blair & rated X, premieres
1975-1st supersonic transport service (USSR-Tupolev-144)
1978-India's former PM, Indira Gandhi, released from jail
1982-TIME's Man of the Year is a computer
1984-Belgian princess Astrid marries arch duke Otto L van Austrian-Este
1994-French commando's terminate Air France hijacking in Marseille