1684 – King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
1869 – William James passes his medical examination
1900 – Dodgers score 7 in top of 11th to go ahead of Phillies, 20-13, In bottom of 11th Phillies stalls so umpire forfeits game to Dodgers
1904 – The US Republican Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for President, but not without opposition from those whom he calls ‘malefactors of great wealth’
1941 – After winning 20 straight at Fenway, Lefty Grove loses to Browns
1956 – Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere
1971 – Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf
1997 – “Defending the Caveman” closes at Helen Hayes NYC after 671 performances
2005 – Billy Corgan releases “TheFutureEmbrace”, his first solo album
2018 – EU imposes tariffs on US goods worth $3.2 billion in response to US tariffs