1711 - Antoin de Guiscard, a French and English spy, fails in an attempt to murder English Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert Harley; Harley survives stabbing, and Guiscard dies later from injuries sustained in the fracas 1722 - Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia 1924 - Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate, Utah 1967 - New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day) 1973 - Paul and Linda McCartney are fined £100 for growing cannabis 1979 - China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 1981 - "Shakespeare's Cabaret", Lance Mulcahy's settings of words of William Shakespeare, closes at the Bijou Theater, NYC, after 54 performances 2021 - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says COVID-9 pandemic has had an "extremely unfair" effect on income and economic opportunities for women More Historical Events »