1812 – Upon learning of plans by the Americans to execute a surprise attack, Laura Secord walks 32 km to warn British troops, results in a British surprise victory at the Battle of Beaver Dams
1868 – Arkansas re-joins the US
1921 – Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2)
1933 – German social-democratic party (SPD) forbidden
1961 – Tony Sheridan and the Beatles, billed as The Beat Brothers, record “My Bonnie” and “The Saints”, produced by Bert Kaempfert, in Hamburg, Germany
1980 – UEFA European Championship Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: Horst Hrubesch scores a double as Germany beats Belgium, 2-1
1990 – Adam Sandler joins “Saturday Night Live”
1996 – Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavyweight boxing title
2014 – US Open Women’s Golf, Pinehurst Resort: Michelle Wie wins by 2 shots from Stacy Lewis for her first major title
2015 – South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley calls for the removal of the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds in wake of killings in a Charleston church