1912 – IAF (Intl Amateur Athletic Federation) forms in Sweden
1951 – Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts, is chartered
1959 – “North by Northwest” directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint premieres in Los Angeles
1962 – Robert White in X-15 sets altitude record of 108 km (354,300 ft)
1966 – Jim Ryun sets mile record (3m51s3)
1976 – Indonesian president Suharto annexes East Timor
1981 – Humber Estuary Bridge in UK opens, world’s longest span (1.4 km)
2005 – 13th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Annika Sörenstam win
2015 – Suicide bomber in Khan Bani Saad, Iraq, kills 120, ISIS claims responsibility
2021 – 73rd Cannes Film Festival: Titane wins Palme d’Or, its director Frenchwoman Julie Ducournau only 2nd woman to win