1935 – Compulsory driving tests and license plates introduced in the United Kingdom
1940 – Major General Bernard Montgomery returns to London
1951 – International Cheese treaty signed
1957 – French Championships Men’s Tennis: Sven Davidson becomes first Swede to win a Grand Slam title; beats American Herbert Flam 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1965 – Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson at Bell Labs detect 3°K primordial background radiation – helping confirm The Big Bang theory (1978 Nobel Prize)
1970 – Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
1984 – KWK-AM in St Louis MO changes call letters to KGLD
1990 – Dow Jones Industrial Average hits a record high of 2,900.97
1995 – Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers’ scoreless inning streak ends at 39 in a 6-3 win over the Minnesota Twins
2019 – Price of a movie ticket rises in Japan for the first time in 26 years from ¥1,800 to ¥1,900, while some cinemas keep the price the same