1691 - Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II as Viceroy of Southern Netherlands 1914 - Walter Johnson accepts an advance from the Chicago Whales of the Federal League; Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court 1963 - Boston Bruins' right wing Andy Hebenton sets a new NHL record by playing in his 581st consecutive game in 2-2 tie with Chicago Black Hawks; reaches 630 straight games 1964 - Baseball approves a free-agent draft 1965 - San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami‚ 4-1 this year‚ does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40‚000 1974 - Jean-Paul Sartre visits Red Army Faction (Baader–Meinhof Gang) leader Andreas Baader in prison 1977 - Neil Simon's play "Chapter Two" opens in NYC 1981 - Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) that allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence 1987 - Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51) 2018 - First successful birth resulting from uterus transplant from a deceased donor in São Paulo‚ Brazil More Historical Events »