1669 – John Locke’s Constitution of English colony Carolina is approved
1919 – Anthony Fokker’s establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam
1930 – US Veterans Administration forms
1944 – Field Marshal Günther von Kluge warns Hitler of impending collapse of front in Normandy
1954 – Geneva Accords for Indochina signed, dividing French colonial territories into the countries of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam), Cambodia, and Laos
1956 – US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Enwetak
1970 – Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0
1980 – Jean-Claude Droyer climbs Eiffel Tower in 2 hrs 18 mins
1985 – Amina Fakir (Detroit), 23, crowned 18th Miss Black America
1989 – Mike Tyson KOs Carl Williams in 1:33 for heavyweight boxing title