1941 - US and Britain declare war on Japan‚ US enters World War II 1955 - Black Ealing comedy "The Ladykillers"‚ directed by Alexander Mackendrick and starring Alec Guinness is released in the UK 1961 - Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec) 1970 - Head of the Catholic Church in Ireland Cardinal William Conway publishes a pamphlet on the topic of segregation in education in Northern Ireland 1973 - Romanian tennis star Ilie Năstase wins his 3rd consecutive season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix title with a 6–3‚ 7–5‚ 4–6‚ 6–3 win over Dutchman Tom Okker in Boston‚ Massachusetts 1978 - Commencement of the 1st day/night World Series Cricket supertest at VFL Park‚ Melbourne 1982 - "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" opens at Ambassador NYC for 6 performances 1987 - US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles 1992 - Spacecraft Galileo makes its second and closest flyby of Earth at a minimum distance of 305 km for a gravity assist on its way to Jupiter 2019 - Vienna State Opera stages its first show by a female composer in 150 years - Olga Neuwirth’s opera‚ “Orlando” More Historical Events »