565 – Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus
1873 – British SS Northfleet sinks at Dungeness, England, 300 die
1949 – “All for Love” opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 performances
1964 – World’s largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured in Wisconsin for New York’s World Fair
1976 – Bank robbery in Beirut nets $20-50 million (record)
1979 – 10,000s UK public sector workers go on strike
1999 – Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India
2002 – Kmart Corp becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
2010 – Conan O’Brien’s last The Tonight Show episode after a big controversy over the Tonight Show timeslot
2017 – Chile declares a State of Emergency and requests international assistance as wildfires rage out of control