618 – Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty’s rule over China
1639 – Treaty of Berwick: Ends the First Bishops’ War between England and Scotland
1682 – William Penn founds Philadelphia, US
1892 – Macadamia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
1967 – Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
1972 – BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
1981 – Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra Day O’Connor, 1st woman on US Supreme Court)
1986 – Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55)
1987 – Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts