1625 – Portuguese and Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)
1822 – John Phillips becomes 1st mayor of Boston
1915 – German submarine torpedoes US tanker Gulflight
1928 – Lei Day begun (a Hawaiian celebration)
1940 – 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship
1946 – Mrs Emma Clarissa Clement named “American Mother of Year”
1978 – 1st African American mayor of New Orleans, Ernest Nathan Morial, inaugurated
1984 – Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy
1988 – “Romance/Romance” opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 297 performances
2009 – Carol Ann Duffy is appointed British Poet Laureate – first Scot and woman Laureate