1886 – Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win US Lawn Tennis Association doubles
1926 – England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0
1941 – German concentration camp Amersfoort opens
1955 – 46.1 cm rainfall at Westfield, Massachusetts (state record)
1960 – Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
1977 – Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton throws his NL record tying 5th one-hitter
1982 – NYSE tops 100m shares traded for the 1st time, sets a new record of 132.69m shares traded
1987 – Straatsburg: Manuela Stellmach, Astrid Strauss, Anke Mohring and Heike Friedrich swims female world record 4x200m freestyle (7:55.47)
1987 – Ohio health care worker Donald Harvey sentenced to triple life for poisoning 24 patients
2020 – Joe Biden is formally nominated as the Democratic party’s presidential candidate during the second night of their 1st ever virtual convention