1970

St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Curt Flood filed a $1 million antitrust lawsuit against Major League Baseball, arguing for the right to free agency. The move was a pivotal one for baseball and all of professional sports.

1989

Three days of rioting began in Miami when a police officer fatally shot Clement Lloyd, a Black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claimed the life of Lloyd’s passenger, Allan Blanchard.

1991

In a televised address to the nation, President George H.W. Bush announced the start of Operation Desert Storm, an allied combat operation to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.

– From wire reports