1789 - President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House‚ New York‚ first official resident of a US President 1849 - Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky and members of the Petrashevsky Circle are arrested in St. Petersburg 1860 - Democratic convention in Charleston‚ South Carolina divided over slavery 1924 - British Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley‚ London 1931 - US gangster film &;quot;The Public Enemy&;quot; starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow premieres 1952 - Crude oil pipeline from Kirkuk‚ Iraq to Banias‚ Syria completed 1959 - 1st heliport in Britain opens in London 1985 - Brooklyn College soccer team wins Nepal's invitational 1989 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 10 points in his last game as a Laker in a 121-117 win over Seattle SuperSonics at the LA Forum 2015 - Kawhi Leonard is named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the first time More Historical Events »