1658 – Dutch troops occupy last Portuguese Fort at Jafnapatnam in Ceylon
1932 – Lou Gehrig plays 1,103rd successive game in a NY uniform, equaling Joe Sewell’s record with one team (Cleveland)
1940 – After conquering France, Adolf Hitler visits Paris and views the Eiffel Tower and the grave of Napoleon Bonaparte
1951 – Most expensive US hailstorm ($1.5M crop damage and $14M property-Kansas)
1959 – A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim, Norway kills 34 people
1972 – US President Nixon and his Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
1973 – Phillies Ken Brett 4th consecutive game HR in which he pitched
1979 – Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America” becomes No. 1 album in the US featuring “Take the Long Way Home”
1991 – “Odd Couple” opens and closes at Belasco Theater NYC
1993 – Lorena Gallo Bobbitt amputates husband’s John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis