1960 – Coup under Colonel Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo
1973 – Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s
1975 – Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as 1st US-born saint by Pope Paul VI
1986 – Saskatchewan and Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game
1986 – Bo Jackson’s 1st HR-a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium)
1990 – Ken Griffey, Sr and Jr, hit back-to-back HRs in 1st inning
1996 – Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997
1999 – Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
2009 – David Attenborough and Prince William officially open the Darwin Centre at the National History Museum London, in what is the Museum’s most significant expansion since 1881
2015 – Malcolm Turnbull ousts Tony Abbott as Australian Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Party