1870 – US Congress creates Department of Justice
1936 – Harry Froboess dives 110 meters from an airship into Lake Constance at the foot of the Alps and survives
1938 – Joe Louis scores a stunning 1st round KO of German Max Schmeling at Yankee Stadium, NYC to retain his world heavyweight boxing title
1946 – English cricketer Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket at Lord’s
1957 – Kansas City stops using streetcars in its transit system
1989 – Business Day reports that SA is about to test an intermediate range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads
1992 – Supreme Court rules “hate crime” laws violated free-speech rights
2019 – Seven-story building collapses in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, with at least 25 construction workers sleeping inside killed