1304 – Sea battle of Zierikzee, Franco-Holland forces defeat Flemish fleet
1924 – 1st newsreel pictures of US presidential candidates were taken
1929 – Babe Ruth becomes 1st professional baseball player to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleveland Indians)
1963 – Kingston Trio are mystery guest on “What’s My Line?”
1975 – Expos’ Jose Mangual struck out 5 times in a game
1984 – Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens’ 1936 feat, winning his 4th Olympic gold medal as part of the US 4 x 100m relay team; world record (37.83)
1987 – France and Great-Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf
1993 – Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out (Danny Tartabul-NY)
2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
2013 – 22 people are killed by flash floods in Kabul, Pakistan