1523 - Florentine Giulio de' Medici chosen as Pope Clement VII - rules until 1534 1794 - Jakobin Club forms in Paris 1794 - Jay Treaty‚ first US extradition treaty‚ signed with Great Britain 1881 - A meteorite lands near the village of Großliebenthal‚ southwest of Odessa‚ Ukraine 1940 - Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler 1983 - Robert Whitney (79) conducts his final concert‚ leading the Louisville Orchestra at the opening of the Whitney Concert Hall at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville‚ Kentucky 1995 - "Sacrilege" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 21 performances 1996 - Space Shuttle STS 80 (Columbia 21)‚ launches into space 2000 - Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis wins WTA Tour Championship at Madison Square Garden‚ NYC; beats Monica Seles‚ 6–7‚ 6–4‚ 6–4 2010 - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1" the 7th film based on the books by J. K. Rowling is released worldwide More Historical Events »