1792 – British explorer Captain George Vancouver lands on the site of what is now Vancouver, British Columbia
1899 – New Richmond Tornado: the eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 peoples and injures around 200
1901 – In Cuba, the constitutional convention – knowing that the USA will not withdraw its troops until does so – adopts the Platt Amendment as part of its constitution
1910 – Dutch soccer club PEC forms in Zwolle; renamed FC Zwolle in 1990 and back to PEC Zwolle in 2012
1947 – British Amateur Women’s Golf, Gullane GC: Babe Didrikson becomes first American to win event; beats England’s Jacqueline Gordon 5 and 4
1972 – Apple Records releases John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s political album “Sometime in NYC” in US; includes studio recordings of songs “Woman is the Nigger of the World”, “Attica State” and “Luck of the Irish”; and some live tracks from 1971 concert with Frank Zappa
1977 – Groundbreaking ceremony for John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Massachusetts; architect I. M. Pei’s design would take over 2 years to build
1996 – Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations because of her numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women and Asians
2016 – Stanley Cup Final, SAP Center, San Jose, CA: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat San Jose Sharks, 3-1 for a 4-2 series victory; Penguins 4th title
2018 – Battle for key Yemen port of Hudaydah begins with assault by Saudi backed pro-government forces against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels