1559 – Five Spanish ships sink in storm off Tampa, about 600 die
1896 – Beginning of the Bombay plague epidemic when Dr.Acacio Gabriel Viegas detects the first case in Mandvi. Goes on to spread and kill 12 million in India.
1931 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Wannamoisett CC: 20 year old American Tom Creavy beats Denny Shute, 2 and 1 in the final for his lone major title
1931 – Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1
1993 – Parliamentary election in Poland
1995 – Andres Galarraga is 4th to hit 30 HRs for Rockies in 1995
2004 – NFL Oakland Raider wide receiver Jerry Rice ends NFL streak of 274 consecutive games with a reception in a 13-10 victory over Buffalo Bills
2006 – Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
2007 – MS Dhoni named Captain of Indian Cricket team for the 1st time for the ICC World Twenty20
2017 – US President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations vowing to “totally destroy North Korea” if threatens the US