1922 – Polish state Chief Marshal Józef Piłsudski resigns
1953 – WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
1956 – Legendary Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets world record 1:02.0 to win the women’s 100m freestyle at the Melbourne Olympics; first of Fraser’s 3 consecutive gold medals in the event
1960 – Paul McCartney and Pete Best arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany for accusation of attempted arson.
1988 – Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country (Pakistan)
1989 – “Day Without Art” – Artists demonstrate against AIDS
2001 – Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA’s purchase by American Airlines.
2001 – Nicaraguan baseball team wins the Central American Games; Ramon Padilla ends 15 year stint with the national team with 2 homers in the 9-0 finale against Guatemala
2002 – Davis Cup Tennis, Paris: Mikhail Youzhny beats Paul-Henri Mathieu 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 to give Russia 3-2 win over France; only time in event history that a 2-set deficit turned around in a live 5th rubber of a Final
2018 – Ariana Grande releases the music video to her single “Thank U Next”, biggest ever launch on Youtube Premiere