1240 – A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva
1954 – WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 – 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)
1956 – Beverly Hanson/Kathy Cornelius wins LPGA Hot Springs Golf Invitational
1963 – KAIT TV channel 8 in Jonesboro, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 – “One Life to Live”, American soap opera, premieres on TV
1971 – US President Richard Nixon announces he will visit the People’s Republic of China
1973 – Willie McCovey becomes 15th to hit 400 HRs
1991 – Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle is 1st woman to officiate a men’s pro basketball (USBL) game, game between New Haven Skyhawks and Philadelphia Spirit
2002 – Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl