1485 – Henry Tudor’s army sails to England (future Henry VII)
1780 – Sweden declares neutrality
1947 – “Medium and The Telephone” opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 211 performances
1961 – Australian cricket captain Richie Benaud takes 6 for 70 in England’s 2nd innings for a 54 run 4th Test win at Old Trafford
1963 – Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale
1976 – Seattle Seahawks take the field for the first time in pre-season game v SF 49ers at the newly constructed Kingdome in Seattle
1977 – San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Willie McCovey hits NL record 18th MLB career grand slam
1978 – Atlanta Braves trounce Cincinnati Reds, 16-4 and halt Pete Rose’s NL record hitting streak at 44 games
1996 – American athlete Michael Johnson wins 200m at the Atlanta Olympics in a world record 19.32 seconds to become the first man to complete the 200m-400m double
2012 – Typhoon Saola kills 82 people and displaces over 150,000 in the Philippines, Taiwan and China