1836 – Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru
1918 – Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution
1926 – Eddie Collins is released as White Sox manager
1953 – Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as Baltimore Orioles manager
1961 – Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian UN pilots
1966 – NASA launches spaceship Gemini 12.
1966 – Methodist Church and Evangelical United Brethren Church unite as United Methodist Church (USA)
1975 – Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam removed from office by Governor General Sir John Kerr – 1st elected PM removed in 200 yrs
1980 – Crew of Soyuz 35 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 37
1982 – 5th space shuttle mission: Columbia makes the first officially “operational” shuttle mission