1787 - Arthur St. Clair is elected the 9th President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation 1852 - Alexandre Dumas Jr's play, an adaptation of his novel "La Dame aux Camélias" premieres in Paris 1924 - International Ski Federation (FIS) forms 1974 - The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time. 1986 - Oscar Arias Sanchez elected president of Costa Rica 2012 - MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea with 246 people saved and 126 missing (100 of these estimated to be trapped inside) 2013 - Shinzō Abe, Japan’s Prime Minister vows to defend the Senkaku Islands "at all costs" 2022 - More than one million Afghans have fled the country for Iran since October due to the country's economic crisis, according to immigration authorities threatening a new migrant crisis More Historical Events »