1667 – -13] Michiel de Ruyter destroys English fleet
1838 – Iowa Territory forms with Burlington as its capital
1896 – England cricket spin bowler Jack Hearne sets record for earliest date taking 100 first-class wickets in a season when he captures 9-73 for the MCC in an innings and 18 run drubbing of Australia at Lord’s
1897 – Possibly the most severe quake in history strikes Assam, India, Shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (low mortality rate given size of earthquake, 1,500 casualties).
1903 – The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music
1910 – Dutch soccer club PEC forms in Zwolle; renamed FC Zwolle in 1990 and back to PEC Zwolle in 2012
1922 – St Louis Cardinals make MLB record 10 straight hits in 6th inning of a 14-8 win over the Phillies at the Baker Bowl, Philadelphia
1933 – Financial and Economy World conference opens (66 countries)
1997 – Shakespeare’s Globe theatre opens in London, England, replica of original Globe theatre (1599-1642) with performance of Henry V, after campaign by Sam Wanamaker
2019 – World’s largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s Government Pension Fund, worth $1 trillion, gets authorization to drop fossil fuel investments from Norway’s government