1521 – Battle at Milan: Emperor Charles V’s pontifical, Spanish and German troops beat French forces and occupy Milan
1873 – James Reed and two accomplices rob the Watt Grayson family of $30,000 in the Choctaw Nation
1939 – Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship
1962 – Todor Zjivkov becomes premier of Bulgaria
1976 – Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail
1979 – Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract
1983 – Edmonton Oilers beat NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils “a Mickey Mouse organization”
1996 – Lieutenant General Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire
1998 – Vincent van Gogh’s “Portrait of the Artist Without Beard” sells at auction for $71.5 million
2017 – Martin Truex Jr., driving for Furniture Row Racing, wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series by 5 points from Kyle Busch