2012 Event In London, the Olympic Torch arrives, signaling the final stages of the U.K.-wide relay ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics 1990 Event Fire destroys some of Universal Studio's stages 1988 Event South Korean coaches attack New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in 1985 Event Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day) 1972 Event Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike 1952 Birthday Jan Raas, born in Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Dutch professional cyclist, won 10 stages in the Tour de France, won Amstel Gold Race five times 1934 Event "Night of Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party 1923 Event Hitler stages unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munchen (Munich) 1916 Birthday Walt W. Rostow, New York City, economist, Politics and Stages of Growth 1863 Event P. T. Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (New York City)
