1374 – Sudden outbreak of St. John’s Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion
1497 – John Cabot claims Eastern Canada for England (believes he has found Asia in Nova Scotia)
1813 – Battle of Beaver Dams – British and native forces defeat US forces (War of 1812)
1843 – Vincenzo Soliva decrees no Jew can live outside ghetto in Italy
1905 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia CC: Elisabeth Moore wins her 4th US singles title; beats Helen Homans 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
1970 – Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs
1972 – Yvonne Brathwaite Burke becomes 1st black chair of a Democratic convention
2002 – The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history
2009 – Mike Babcock is named head coach of Team Canada for the 2010 Winter Olympics (they would win the gold medal)
2010 – NBA Draft: Kentucky point guard John Wall first pick by Washington Wizards