1642 – Battle at Turnham Green outside London: King Charles I vs English parliament
1849 – Peter Burnett elected first governor of California
1918 – Russia cancels Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
1921 – US, France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty
1937 – NBC forms first full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
1967 – Carl Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland, Ohio)
1990 – In Aramoana, New Zealand, Resident David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in the Aramoana Massacre
1996 – “Three Sisters” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
1996 – Padres third baseman Ken Caminiti is 4th unanimous winner of NL MVP
2016 – Federation Cup Women’s Tennis, Strasbourg, France: Czech pair Karolína Plíšková and Barbora Strýcová beats Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-5, 7-5 to wrap up 3-2 win and 3rd straight title