1711 – Treaty of Pruth signed ending the Russo-Turkish War (1710-11), Azoz port returned to Ottoman control
1777 – Polish military leader Casimir Pulaski arrives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, to volunteer in the Continental Army cavalry
1834 – HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso (Chile)
1852 – Private John Brown becomes the 1st interment in the National Cemetery at the Presidio in San Francisco, California
1862 – President Lincoln names Army of the Potomac Gen. Henry Halleck as US Army General-in-Chief
1930 – Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with HRs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th)
1966 – Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens
1967 – 54th Tour de France won by Roger Pingeon of France
2009 – 42nd San Diego Comic-Con International opens at San Diego Convention Center
2014 – 44 people are killed after TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashed into buildings in Taiwan