1328 – Battle at Kassel: French troops stop uprising of Flemish farmers
1793 – French Revolution: The National Convention adopts the levée en masse, conscripting all able-bodied men between 18 and 25 for military service during the French Revolutionary Wars
1839 – British capture Hong Kong from China
1931 – Philadelphia A’s Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight
1971 – WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
1990 – US begins call up of 46,000 reservists to the Persian Gulf
2005 – Hurricane Katrina forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane
2008 – Ethiopian distance runner Kenenisa Bekele wraps up the 5,000/10,000m double at the Beijing Olympics when he takes gold in the 5k in an Olympic record 12:57.82
2010 – Manila hostage crisis, which occurred at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, where a dismissed police officer took hostage a tour bus full of Chinese nationals.
2020 – UEFA Champions League Final, Lisbon: Kingsley Coman heads German giants Bayern Munich to the club’s 6th crown in a 1-0 win over Paris St-Germain