1827 – Dutch King Willem I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
1907 – Bishop forbids Christian membership of Dutch Textile Union
1915 – Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas (275 killed)
1938 – Henry Armstrong wins his 3rd concurrent boxing championship
1955 – Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage
1977 – Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak, Michael Lederer and Karl Fleschen walk world record 4x1500m (14:38.8)
1979 – Monty Python’s “Life of Brian” directed by Terry Jones, starring Graham Chapman and John Cleese premieres
1980 – “Blackstone” closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 104 performances
1990 – Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR
2017 – Three Hong Kong activists, Jason Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow jailed for unlawful assembly