1529 – Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his Ottoman troops arrive in Vienna, beginning of the siege
1929 – James Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Air Force Base in NY in the first flight to use only instrument guidance to take off, fly a set course and land
1932 – NY Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Los Angeles
1940 – Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR
1957 – “Jailhouse Rock” single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957)
1962 – US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Mississippi
1973 – West African nation of Portuguese Guinea declares independence from Portugal as the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
1981 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 – West German President Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty
1990 – Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn