1513 – Battle of the Spurs at Guinegate (now Eguinegatte): Henry VIII of England and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I beat France
1861 – US President Abraham Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy
1914 – World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
1954 – 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood
1969 – WATL TV channel 36 in Atlanta, GA begins broadcasting
2002 – Africa Women’s Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
2008 – South Korean weightlifter Jang Mi-Ran wins the women’s unlimited (+75 kg) division at the Beijing Olympics by breaking world records 5 times: once in snatch, twice in clean-and-jerk, and twice in total
2009 – Usain Bolt of Jamaica edges American Tyson Gay to win 100m in world record 9.58s at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin
2012 – South African police open fire on striking mine workers and kill at least 34 people
2018 – World’s first floating dairy farm opens in Merwehaven harbour, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with 40 cows milked by robots