1577 – Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots
1836 – British parliament accepts registration of births, marriages and deaths
1894 – Phillies get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for the cycle, beating Louisville 29-4
1943 – US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17s during attack on Schweinfurt and Regensburg
1980 – “Blackstone” closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 104 performances
1988 – NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9-year-old Bronx boy)
2008 – China wins its 33rd gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by beating Singapore in the table tennis women’s team event; most successful Olympiad ever for China; wins all 10 singles and all 5 doubles matches
2008 – Jamaica dominates the 100m at the Beijing Olympics with Shelly-Ann Fraser taking the gold medal in 10.78; her teammates Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart dead-heat for silver in 10.98
2021 – Joel Embiid signs a four-year, $196 million NBA extension with the 76ers
2022 – Suicide explosion in Afghan mosque in Kabul kills 21 worshippers and injures 33