1834 – American inventor and businessman Cyrus McCormick patents the reaping machine
1858 – Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe
1923 – Marcus Garvey sentenced to 5 years for using mail to defraud
1932 – German champion Max Schmeling loses NYSAC, NBA and lineal heavyweight boxing titles in controversial split points decision to American Jack Sharkey in NYC, New York
1937 – French People’s Popular Front government of Socialist Léon Blum falls
1983 – Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
2019 – UK police called to house of leader contender Boris Johnson over alleged altercation with his girlfriend
2021 – New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is the first openly transgender athlete to be selected for the Olympics