1138 – English defeat the Scottish at Cowton Moor, Yorkshire. Banners of various saints carried into battle – led to the name Battle of the Standard
1864 – First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva “for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field” signed by 12 nations
1934 – Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 HRs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12
1968 – 1st papal visit to Latin America, Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota to open a Eucharistic congress.
1971 – Approximately 130 non-Unionist councillors announce their withdrawal from participation on district councils across Northern Ireland in protest against Internment (allowing suspected terrorists to be indefinitely detained without trial)
1984 – Last Volkswagen Rabbit produced
1984 – The United Democratic Front, an internal coalition of anti-apartheid groups in South Africa, organizes a highly successful boycotts of the Colored and Indian elections to parliament
1989 – 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered
2008 – The Jamaican team led by Usain Bolt smashes the world 4 x 100m relay record in the final at the Beijing Olympics; disqualified in 2017 as Nesta Carter tests positive for prohibited substance
2019 – South Korea says it is leaving an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan in an escalation of the rift between the two countries