615 – Pope Deusdedit [Adeodatus I] elected to succeed Boniface IV as Catholic Pope
1901 – Alberto Santos-Dumont proves airships are maneuverable by circling the Eiffel Tower in his airship No. 6, winning the Deutsch Prize and 100,000 francs
1915 – Russia and Italy declare war on Bulgaria
1932 – Jimmie Foxx wins the AL MVP, and Chuck Klein wins the NL MVP
1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey
2004 – Care International aid worker Margaret Hassan is kidnapped in Iraq
2005 – MLB National League Championship: Houston Astros beat St. Louis Cardinals 4-2
2019 – Chilean President Sebastián Piñera declares a 15-day state of emergency following widespread and violent protests over an increase in public transport costs