554 – Ravenna becomes the seat of the Byzantine military governor in Italy
1782 – Suriname forbids selling enslaved mothers without their babies
1900 – First electric tram in Netherlands (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht)
1964 – LA Angels pitcher Bo Belinsky is suspended after a hotel room fight with elderly Los Angeles Times sportswriter Braven Dyer
1965 – Continental Football League plays first games
1967 – Pirate radio station, Wonderful Radio London, closes down
1988 – Detroit beats Sox 18-6 at Fenway, ending Boston’s winning streak at 24
2007 – Coordinated bombings in Yazidi communities in Iraq kill at least 500 people, the second-deadliest terror attack of all time