1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air for 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, setting a new world record that stands for 10 years
1957 – Cincinnati Redlegs decline to move to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City
1971 – A member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is shot dead by undercover Royal Ulster Constabulary officers during a bomb attack in Belfast
1976 – New York City Marathon: American Bill Rodgers wins his first title in 2:10:10; Miki Gorman wins the women’s race in 2:39:11
1981 – Pablo Picasso’s 1937 painting Guernica goes on display in Madrid, Spain, to celebrate the centenary of the artist’s birth
2012 – Libyan militias capture Bani Walid, resulting in 130 civilian deaths
2021 – Michael Jordan’s 1984 Nike Air Ships sell for $1.472 million at Sotheby’s, setting a new record for sneakers at auction
2022 – UK’s ruling Conservative party appoints Rishi Sunak as their next leader and Prime Minister, replacing Liz Truss after six weeks; Sunak is the first prime minister of color in the country’s history