1567 – Battle at St-Denis: French government army vs Huguenots
1942 – US-British troops occupies Oran, Algeria
1965 – Manneke Pis statue stolen in Brussels
1990 – Lebanon releases 2 French hostages (Camille Sontag and Marcel Coudari)
1993 – Slovakian government of Vladimír Mečiar forms
1996 – 46th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Terry Labonte wins
2019 – Federation Cup Women’s Tennis, Perth: French pair Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia beat Ash Barty and Samantha Stosur of Australia 6-4, 6-3 to clinch a 3-2 victory
2023 – The Beatles’ single “Now and Then” hits #1 on the British singles chart, a record 54 years after their last #1 single