1667 – Raid on the Medway: Dutch fleet sails up the Medway destroying British naval ships and capturing the flagship HMS Royal Charles
1851 – Abass I of Egypt signs a contract with Robert Louis Stevenson to build a railway in Egypt, first stage opens 1854 between Alexandria and Kafer Eassa – first railway in Africa
1916 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Defending champion Molla Bjurstedt outclasses Louise Hammond Raymond 6-0, 6-1
1948 – George Lessner, Russell Maloney and Miriam Battista’s musical adaptation of Washington Irving’s “Sleepy Hollow” closes at St James Theater, NYC, after 12 performances
1948 – In his farewell Ashes Tour, Australian cricket batting maestro Don Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test against England at Trent Bridge
1988 – Soviet Union holds its 1st beauty content in Moscow, 16-year-old Maria Kalinina crowned the winner
1996 – Cincinnati Reds CEO Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations due to numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women and Asians
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
2002 – 1st CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards: Dixie Chicks, Martina McBride, and Kenny Chesney win
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