1217 – First historical record of Scottish scholar Michael Scot, signs and dates his translation of al-Bitruji’s “On the Sphere” in Toledo, Spain
1587 – Saul Wahl is elected King of Poland (according to legend)
1605 – Spanish army under of general Spinola conquers Lingen
1931 – Lou Gehrig is hitless in Detroit in his 1,000th consecutive game
1934 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Helen Jacobs beats fellow American Sarah Palfrey Cooke 6-1, 6-3 for her third straight US singles title
1981 – Jerry Lewis appears on “Donahue” to defend telethons
2008 – Emulating the Chinese women, the men win the team table tennis gold medal at the Beijing Olympics without losing a match, winning all 10 singles and all 5 doubles matches
2021 – MLB Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani becomes the fastest player in team history to reach 40 home runs in a season and also pitches 8 innings in a 3-1 win at Detroit