1885 – Leo Daft opens America’s first commercially operated electric streetcar in Baltimore
1920 – Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania
1940 – Dutch Prince Bernhard Fund forms
1942 – General Bernard Montgomery is appointed commander of the British 8th Army in North Africa
1965 – USAF test pilot Joe Engle in the X-15 reaches an altitude of 51.3 miles (82.6 km) and a top speed of 3,550 mph (5,713 km/h) (Mach 5.20)
1969 – Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to the Cubs with a 4-2 win
1988 – Alan Ayckbourn’s play “Man of the Moment” premieres at Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough
2021 – Forest fires kill 65 people, including 25 soldiers, in Algeria’s Kabylie region during heatwave conditions