1325 – Ibn Battuta begins his travels, leaving his home in Tangiers to travel to Mecca (gone 24 years)
1392 – Assassination attempt on Olivier de Clisson, Constable of France, by Pierre de Craon fails
1908 – Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in 8th round at Neuilly Bowling Palace, Paris to retain world heavyweight boxing title
1936 – 2nd Belgian government of Van Zealand forms
1938 – Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe v England at Trent Bridge
1962 – Norway named ombudsman
1976 – Canadian Open Golf (Peter Jackson Classic), Cedar Brae CC: Donna Caponi wins in a playoff with Judy Rankin
1980 – Rep John Jenrette Jr (D-SC) indicted in “Abscam” investigation
1983 – NASA’s Pioneer 10 becomes the 1st man-made object to leave the solar system
1990 – “Les Miserables” opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary