1940 – 45 German aircraft shot down over England
1947 – Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs
1948 – Israeli pound becomes legal tender
1960 – Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Rep of Congo) forms
1975 – Singer Peter Gabriel announces his departure from the rock group Genesis
1981 – Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0)
1987 – Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives)
1991 – US President George H. W. Bush declares recession is near an end
2016 – “When the Levees Broke” documentary directed by Spike Lee, of effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans, premieres at New Orleans Arena
2017 – Philippine police kill 32 in raids near Manilia, most deadly night in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs