842 - Charles II and Louis the German sign The Oaths of Strasbourg‚ a pact uniting their armies in fights against their older brother Lothar 1670 - Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I chases Jews out of Vienna 1804 - Jean Victor Marie Moreau‚ French general who plotted to overthrow Napoleon in the Pichegru Conspiracy‚ arrested‚ and exiled to the United States 1918 - Harold R. Atteridge and Sigmund Romberg's musical "Sinbad"‚ starring Al Jolson‚ opens at the Winter Garden Theatre‚ NYC; runs for 164 performances 1945 - Peru‚ Paraguay‚ Chile and Ecuador joins UN 1949 - 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) 1956 - Verhoeven‚ Nauta and De King/Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate 1959 - $3.6 million heroin seizure in NYC 1984 - Canadian speed skater Gaétan Boucher takes out the 1‚000m gold medal at the Sarajevo Winter Olympics; also wins 1‚500m; narrowly beats Soviet skater Sergey Khlebnikov in both events 1989 - World's 1st satellite Skyphone opens More Historical Events »