1559 - Spain and France sign 2nd Treaty of Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1856 - Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes badly damaged by gunpowder explosion‚ kills 4‚000 on island of Rhodes 1868 - A Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever - a 50-foot tidal wave 1925 - Netherlands and Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde 1948 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1969 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start a policy of "Vietnamization"‚ reducing American involvement 1986 - Maureen O'Boyle (future host of "A Current Affair") is raped 2016 - ANA Inspiration Women's Golf‚ Mission Hills CC: Lydia Ko of New Zealand wins by 1 from Charley Hull and Chun In-gee for her second major title 2019 - Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak goes on trial for the 1MDB corruption scandal in Kuala Lumpur‚ pleads not guilty 2022 - Return engagement of David Byrne's musical revue "American Utopia" closes at St. James Theatre‚ NYC‚ after 134 performances More Historical Events »