1901 – Baltimore Orioles pitcher Joe McGinnity is suspended from MLB for punching and spitting on umpire Tom Connolly in the previous day’s 5-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers; the lifetime suspension is reduced to 12 days
1945 – US President Harry Truman ends Lend-Lease program
1969 – Fire in Al-Aqsa-mosque in Jerusalem
1976 – Battle, East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes the first British firewoman
1980 – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is founded in a basement office in Takoma Park, Maryland
2008 – Japan edges the United States 3-1 for the gold medal in the final of the women’s softball tournament at the Beijing Olympics
2015 – First British unmanned drone hits a UK citizen outside a conflict: ISIS fighter Reyaad Khan in Raqqa, Syria
2021 – Flash flooding in Humphreys County, Middle Tennessee, kills 22, with dozens missing