1779 – US General Anthony Wayne captures Stony Point, New York, inflicting heavy losses on the British
1864 – Skirmish at Golgotha, Georgia
1925 – The Union Government rejects a round-table conference with India on the grounds that it will constitute interference in South African affairs
1931 – Austrian government of Ender falls
1935 – US Congress accepts FDR’s “New Deal”
1941 – 1st US federally owned airport opened Washington, D.C.
1944 – US bombs Kyushu Japan
1962 – 2 US army officers killed in Saigon
1992 – Longest salami is 68’9 and 25 circumference, weighed 1,492lbs/5oz in Flekkefjord, Norway
2018 – World Cup: Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology is used for the first time, awarding France a penalty in 2-1 win over Australia in Kazan