1773 – America’s first asylum opens for ‘Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds’ in Virginia
1931 – Christ the Redeemer statue opens, standing 30 meters high (98 ft) on top of Mount Corcovado, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, built by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa
1958 – CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium
1970 – Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East
1975 – American Jacqueline Hansen runs women’s world record marathon 2:38:19 in the Nike OTC Marathon, Eugene, Oregon
1992 – 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die)
2003 – FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, Home Depot Center, Carson, CA: Nia Künzer scores winner in sudden death extra time as Germany beats Sweden, 2-1
2023 – Roman scrolls burned in Mt. Vesuvius eruption at Herculaneum are read for the first time after a computer science student develops a machine-learning algorithm; the first word deciphered is “purple”