1862 – Abraham Lincoln receives the first group of African Americans to confer with a US president
1864 – -16] Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia
1864 – 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault
1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed after it began in 1248 – largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe
1959 – 26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000)
1972 – A Catholic civilian is shot dead during an IRA attack on a British Army patrol in Belfast
1975 – Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich is buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow
1988 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Oak Tree GC: Jeff Sluman wins his only major title by 3 shots from Paul Azinger
2008 – Australian women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay team of Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer and Linda Mackenzie swims world record 7:44.31 to beat China and take the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics
2016 – An all-British final in the men’s cycling sprint with Jason Kenny beating team mate Callum Skinner at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics