1922 – Straw Hat Riot begins in New York City as youths aggressively taunt men wearing straw hats, getting an early jump on the unofficial season’s end date of September 15; confrontations continue longer than usual, lasting eight days
1958 – Queen Juliana in a gala ceremony christens passenger ship SS Rotterdam, the last ‘ship of state’
1963 – Jim Bouton’s 20th win clinches New York Yankees’ 28th pennant
1969 – Plastic Ono Band’s 1st live performance, featuring John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Eric Clapton, at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival
1974 – OPEC instructs its Secretary General to “carry out a study of supply and demand in relation to possible production controls”
1999 – Bomb explodes in Moscow, Russia, killing at least 119 people
2015 – US Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Roger Federer 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4; third man to reach all 4 Grand Slam finals in the same year in Open Era after Rod Laver and Federer
2017 – International Olympic Committee announces Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028) will host the Olympic games