1586 - Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia 1929 - Boston Bruins beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-1‚ the first win of an NHL record 14-game winning streak‚ and a 22-game home winning streak 1932 - Gen Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany 1946 - 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis‚ Army (HB) 1964 - Police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley 1967 - Final run of "20th Century Limited" famed NY-Chicago luxury train 1979 - Shadow Traffic begins broadcasting in the New York City metropolitan area. 1983 - Musical "Marilyn: An American Fable"‚ loosely based on life of Marilyn Monroe‚ starring Alyson Reed and Scott Bakula‚ closes at Minskoff Theatre‚ NYC‚ after 17 performances 1995 - England cricket wicket keeper Jack Russell dismisses Clive Eksteen with his record 11th catch in 2nd Test v South Africa in Johannesburg 2014 - Darren Wilson‚ the police officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson‚ Missouri‚ resigns More Historical Events »