1906 – Playing as “Sullivan,” Columbia University junior Eddie Collins debuts with the A’s
1944 – Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers
1956 – Yankees clinch pennant number 22 with Mantle’s 50th home run of the year
1958 – US performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1966 – Cleveland pitchers set an AL record by striking out 19 batters in the first 9 innings
2003 – Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins presents his poetry at the Art Institute of Chicago’s Rubloff Auditorium
2015 – US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports 2015 Northern Hemisphere summer hottest on record
2024 – Al-Qaeda jihadists attack the international airport complex outside Mali’s capital, Bamako, leaving at least 60 people dead