1931 – British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts
1938 – British PM Neville Chamberlain visits Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden
1938 – John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day)
1960 – Maurice Richard announces his retirement. He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time.
1963 – Church bombing in Birmingham Alabama, kills 4 African-American girls
1967 – KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1972 – A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes Northern Illinois.
1973 – Secretariat wins Marlboro Cup in world record 1:45 2/5 for 1ΒΌ miles
1974 – Market Square Arena in Indianapolis opens
1985 – Olof Palme forms Sweden minority government