1913 - 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City, NY)
1919 - Romania annexes Transylvania
1920 - French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
1922 - Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)
1940 - Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premieres in Leningrad
1942 - Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
1943 ― U.S. & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China
1949 - Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
1963 - 1st discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go in Los Angeles, CA
1976 - Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves
1977 - France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972
Munich Olympics
1981 - Palau adopts constitution
1982 - Honduras adopts constitution
1989 - 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas etc)