MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2019: Baseball player and manager Frank Robinson, who was the first Black manager in Major League Baseball, died at age 82. [Test your knowledge of baseball.]

2015: American collegiate basketball coach Dean Smith—who recorded 879 career victories, making him one of the most successful men's collegiate basketball coaches—died at age 83. [Why are basketball hoops 10 feet high?]

1999: Abdullah II became king of Jordan hours after the death of his father, Hussein. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about the Middle East.]

1966: American comedian Chris Rock, who became known for his stand-up routines and films, was born. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about pop culture.]

1940: The animated film Pinocchio had its world premiere, and it became one of Disney's most beloved classics, known for its brilliant animation and compelling story. [ How much do you know about Disney?]

1885: Sinclair Lewis, an American novelist and social critic who punctured national complacency with his broadly drawn, widely popular satiric novels and who in 1930 became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born. [ Take our quiz about the literary world (authors and poets).]