79 – Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Roman Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die
1215 – Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid
1891 – Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
1912 – NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe and victorious US Olympians
1921 – British airship R-38 crashes in River Humber, 44 die
1929 – Turkey and Persia sign friendship treaty
1965 – 26th Venice Film Festival: “Sandra” directed by Luchino Visconti wins Golden Lion
1992 – 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field)
1994 – Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00)
2012 – Yangmingtan Bridge collapses in China killing three people