1850 – Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts establishment of Provincial States
1951 – Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero, Illinois
1960 – USSR’s Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
1973 – A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States
1979 – “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park: fans go wild destroying disco records and cause the White Sox to forfeit second game of a doubleheader to the Detroit Tigers
1987 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Brooklawn CC: South African Gary Player wins by a record 6 strokes ahead of Doug Sanders
1987 – Canadian Open Women’s Golf (du Maurier Classic), Islesmere GC: Jody Rosenthal wins by 2 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
1988 – USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
1989 – NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)
2006 – Hezbollah initiates Operation True Promise.