1872 – Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam
1933 – 1st Negro League All-Star Game, West beats East 11-7 (Comiskey Park)
1943 – German troops occupy Rome and take took over the protection of Vatican City
1964 – Rod Stewart records his 1st single “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”
1969 – NY Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st place for 1st time
1974 – Controversial TV drama “Born Innocent” premieres on NBC TV, starring Linda Blair as an abused teen in a juvenile detention home
1982 – Decca releases Beatle audition “Complete Silver Beatles” album
1988 – -18] Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas and Yucatan
2005 – 125th US Open Women’s Tennis: Belgian Kim Clijsters wins her first of 4 Grand Slam titles; beats Mary Pierce of France 6-3, 6-1
2015 – Northern Ireland’s First Minister Peter Robinson resigns in wake of IRA supposed killing of Kevin McGuigan