636 – Beginning of the five-day decisive Battle at Yarmuk: Muslim forces defeat the Byzantine army to take control of Syria for the first time
1519 – Panama City founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dávila
1865 – Battle of Lone Jack, Missouri: fierce fighting between Union soldiers and Confederate forces prompted by bushwacker attacks destroys town of Lone Jack
1876 – US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find
1934 – US ends occupation of Haiti after 19 years; started after the 1915 assassination of Haiti’s president
1936 – Annibale Frossi scores twice as Italy beats Austria 2-1 in extra time in the soccer final at the Berlin Olympics
1948 – US Open Women’s Golf, Atlantic City CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by 8 strokes from Betty Hicks
1974 – Hurricane and floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed
1990 – Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
2008 – Despite China winning the women’s gymnastics team all-round gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, Americans Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson go 1-2 in the individual all-round