1711 - Charles VI becomes Holy Roman Emperor after the death of his brother Joseph I 1758 - Francis Williams‚ 1st US black college graduate‚ publishes poems 1797 - Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan‚ Puerto Rico‚ one of the largest invasions of Spanish territories in America 1860 - Champion of England Tom Sayers and American John Heenan fight out brutal 2 hour‚ 27 minute draw near Farnborough‚ England; police stop fight acknowledged as first world title bout 1865 - Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Abraham' Lincoln's assassination 1875 - Modern Snooker invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain‚ a bored British officer in Jabalpur‚ India 1969 - People's Democracy activist Bernadette Devlin becomes the youngest woman Member of Parliament ever elected to Westminster at 21 years old 1979 - Four Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army van bomb in Bessbrook‚ County Armagh; the bomb is believed to be the largest PIRA bomb used up to that point 1979 - Brian Clark's stage drama &;quot;Whose Life is it Anyway&;#63;&;quot; starring Tom Conti and Phillip Bosco‚ and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg‚ opens at the Trafalgar Theatre‚ NYC; runs for 223 performances‚ winning Conti a Tony Award 1983 - 1st National Coin Week begins More Historical Events »