1497 – Cornish traitors Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London
1648 – Cossacks slaughter 2,000 Jews and 600 Polish Catholics in Ukraine
1932 – Coup ends absolute monarchy in Thailand
1950 – French government led by prime Minister Georges Bidault resigns
1972 – Yvonne Brathwaite Burke becomes 1st black chair of a Democratic convention
1979 – Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland and steals his 1st base
1982 – 1st spacionaut Jean-Loup Chrétien and 2 Soviet cosmonauts, lift off aboard Soyuz T-16
1985 – Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F
2007 – The Angora Fire starts near South Lake Tahoe, California destroying 200+ structures in its first 48 hours
2012 – Female athletes will be allowed to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympics for the first time