| 2012 | The weight loss drug lorcaserin is approved by the FDA, the first weight loss drug to be approved since 1999 |
| 2012 | South Korea announces that it plans to sign a pact with Japan that encourages the sharing of sensitive military intelligence |
| 2011 | Following the resignation of Dominique Strass-Kahn, France finance minister Christine Lagarde becomes the new head of the International Monetary Fund |
| 2011 | The U.N. reports 10 million people are effected by the worst drought in 60 years, forcing Somalians to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia to avoid starvation |
| 1997 | "Master Class," closes at Golden Theater New York City after 601 performances |
| 1997 | "Steel Peer," closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 76 performances |
| 1997 | TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant |
| 1996 | "Nutty Professor," starring Eddie Murphy opens in theaters in the USA |
| 1995 | New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup Victory Party, admidst rumours they were moving to Nashville, goalie Chris Terreri holds up "Nashville? NO WAY!" sign |
| 1994 | New York Met Pitcher Dwight Gooden suspended for 60 days due to drug charges |
| 1993 | Doctors recommend ligament transplant to Jose Canseco's arm |
| 1993 | Jacques Lemaire is named New Jersey Devils 8th Head Coach |
| 1993 | Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher |
| 1992 | "Chinese Coffee" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 18 performances |
| 1992 | 2 earthquakes, including 3rd strongest in U.S. (7.4) rock California |
| 1992 | Burharnuddin Rabbani becomes president of Afghanistan |
| 1992 | Italian government of Amato forms |
| 1992 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International |
| 1992 | President Bush's daughter Dorothy marries Bobby Koch |
| 1992 | U.S. Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57 |
| 1990 | 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards |
| 1990 | Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time |
| 1988 | Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton |
| 1987 | "Dreamgirls" opens at Ambassador Theater New York City for 177 performances |
| 1987 | Deb Richard wins LPGA Rochester Golf International |
| 1987 | Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden) |
| 1986 | Kenneth and Nellie Pike challenge Alabama Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick |
| 1985 | Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx |
| 1983 | Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3 |
| 1983 | NASA launches Galaxy-A |
| 1982 | Prince Chuck and Lady Di name their baby "William" |
| 1981 | "Piaf" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 165 performances |
| 1981 | 74 government officials die in attack in Iran |
| 1981 | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament |
| 1980 | New York City transit fare rises from 50 cents to 60 cents |
| 1979 | OPEC raises oil prices 24 percent |
| 1978 | UNICEF chooses rock group Kansas as ambassadors of goodwill |
| 1978 | Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected |
| 1977 | Billy Hunter becomes Rangers' 4th manager in 6 days |
| 1977 | Supreme Court allows Federal control of Nixon tapes papers |
| 1976 | 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo |
| 1976 | Hijacked French Airbus lands in Entebbe, Uganda |
| 1975 | David Bowie releases 'Fame' |
| 1975 | Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Ill) |
| 1974 | Fall of earth and rocks kill 200 (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Colombia) |
| 1974 | Wings release "Band on the Run" and "Zoo Gang" in UK |
| 1973 | Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League's "no girls" rule |
| 1973 | Black Sports Hall of Fame forms: Paul Robeson, Elgin Baylor, Jesse Owens, Jim Brown, Wilma Rudolph, Joe Louis and Althea Gibson elected |
| 1971 | Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 home runs and no-hits Reds |
| 1971 | Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali |
| 1970 | Mary Mills wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open |
| 1969 | John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut vs. WI at Lord's |
| 1968 | Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers |
| 1967 | George Harrison is fined 6 pounds for speeding |
| 1967 | Israel annexes East Jerusalem |
| 1966 | Ernie Terrel beats Doug Jones in 15 wba for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1965 | 1st U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Johnson |
| 1965 | Princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg announce engagement |
| 1964 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waldemar Golf Open |
| 1964 | Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in New York by Malcolm X |
| 1963 | Belaunde Terry inaugurated as President of Peru |
| 1963 | Khrushchev visits East-Berlin |
| 1962 | Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands |
| 1961 | Phils and San Francisco set then record longest night game (5h11m) 7-7 15 inn tie |
| 1960 | 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record) |
| 1959 | Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0) |
| 1958 | Brazil becomes world soccer champ in Sweden |
| 1958 | Nancy Ramey swims world record 100m (1:09.6) |
| 1957 | Reds' fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters |
| 1957 | Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron to team |
| 1956 | 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago, Illinois |
| 1956 | Riots break out in Poznan Poland, 38 die |
| 1954 | 111 degrees F (44 degrees C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record) |
| 1953 | 8th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls |
| 1951 | "Amos 'n' Andy" premieres on CBS TV |
| 1950 | "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 278 performances |
| 1948 | U.S. and British airlift to West-Berlin begins |
| 1947 | "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1 |
| 1946 | Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy |
| 1946 | Permanent radio play-by-play of Cleveland Indians games begins |
| 1945 | Polish Provisional Government of National Unity set up by Soviets |
| 1942 | Colonel General Von Hoth' 6th Pantser enters Voronezj |
| 1942 | Dumont TV network begins (WABD New York) |
| 1941 | German and Romanian soldiers kill 11,000 Jews in Kishinev |
| 1941 | German troops occupy Galicia Poland |
| 1940 | "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio |
| 1940 | Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union |
| 1939 | Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1939 | Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service, Dixie Clipper |
| 1939 | Yankees hit 13 home runs, sweep A's 23-2 and 10-0 |
| 1938 | Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's |
| 1935 | Earl Averill's consecutive-game streak ends at 673 |
| 1935 | Franklin D. Roosevelt ordersa federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox Kentucky |
| 1934 | Hitler flies to Essen, Night of Long Knifes |
| 1928 | Alfred E. Smith (NY-Gov) nominated for president at Dem Convention |
| 1928 | Friedrich Schmiedl attempted rocket mail in Austria (unsuccessful) |
| 1924 | Test cricket ump debut for Frank Chester, vs. South Africa at Lord's |
| 1924 | Tornado strikes Sandusky Ohio and Lorain Ohio, killing 93 |
| 1923 | Dodgers lost 7-0 lead, as Phillies score 8 in bottom of 9th |
| 1923 | Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry for state visit to London |
| 1919 | Carl Mazes pitches a complete doubleheader against New York Yankees |
| 1919 | Harry S Truman marries Elizabeth Virginia Wallace in Independence |
| 1919 | Treaty of Versailles ending WW I signed in France |
| 1917 | Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam |
| 1917 | Raggedy Ann doll invented |
| 1914 | Austria invades Serbia, WW I |
| 1911 | Joseph Caillaux forms government in France |
| 1909 | 1st French air show, Concours d'Avation opens |
| 1907 | Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey |
| 1904 | International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam |
| 1902 | Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin |
| 1902 | U.S. buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million |
| 1897 | Marquis C de Bonchamps' expedition reaches Gore Ethiopia |
| 1895 | El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union |
| 1894 | Labor Day established as a federal employees holiday |
| 1892 | Phillies tie club record of 16 straight victories |
| 1887 | Phillies most lopsided shut-out beating Indianapolis 24-0 |
| 1874 | Freedmen's Bank closes |
| 1869 | Amsterdam typographer strike |
| 1862 | Day 4 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station/Garnett's Farm, Virginia |
| 1861 | Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest |
| 1859 | 1st dog show held, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
| 1838 | Britain's Queen Victoria crowned in Westminster Abbey |
| 1832 | Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns |
| 1820 | Tomato is proven non-poisonous |
| 1807 | British troops lands at Ensenada, Argentina |
| 1778 | Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (General Washington beats Clinton) |
| 1778 | Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots |
| 1776 | Charleston, South Carolina repulses British sea attack |
| 1770 | Quakers open a school for blacks in Philadelphia |
| 1762 | 1st reported counterfeiting attempt, Boston |
| 1762 | Russian tsarina Catharina II grabs power |
| 1748 | Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed |
| 1675 | Battle at Fehrbellin: Brandenburgs army beats Sweden |
| 1635 | French colony of Guadeloupe established in Caribbean |
| 1629 | Peace of Ales: Rights of French huguenots limited |
| 1593 | Earl Mauritius conquerors Geertruidenberg |
| 1583 | Duke French van Valois returns to France |
| 1575 | Spanish troops conquer Buren |
| 1524 | Duke van Bourbon occupies Province |
| 1519 | King Carlos I elected Roman Catholic German emperor Charles V |
| 1485 | Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Netherlands |
| 1461 | Edward IV crowned king of England |
| 1245 | 1st Council of Lyons (13th ecumenical council) opens |
| 1119 | Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeat French Crusaders |
| 767 | St. Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
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