1899 - 13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued from stricken schoonerForest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat, after getting into difficulty off Devon, England.
1918 - In Finland a law takes effect that makes Jews full Finnish citizens.
1920 - French passenger steamer Afrique is blown against a reef on France's coast during a storm, and sinks, killing 575 out of the 609 people on board.
1921 - After the Black Sox Scandal, Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected Major League Baseball's first commissioner.