1776 – First St Leger horse race held at Doncaster
1862 – Confederate Congress adopts Confederacy seal
1948 – MLB’s New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians are tied for first place in the AL (91-56)
1968 – “That’s Life,” a Broadway musical-type TV show, premieres
1988 – Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson breaks his own 100m world record with a time of 9.79 at the Seoul Olympics but is disqualified 3 days later for the use of the drug stanozolol; Carl Lewis is awarded gold and the world record with a time of 9.92
1995 – Volcano Mount Ruapehu (North Island, New Zealand) erupts
2007 – ICC Men’s Cricket T20 World Cup, Johannesburg: India wins the inaugural tournament with a 5-run victory over Pakistan; Player of the Series: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi (91 runs, 12 wickets)
2022 – Post-tropical storm remnant of Hurricane Fiona makes landfall near Whitehead, Nova Scotia, with sustained wind speeds of 165 km/h (103 mph); the strongest low-pressure system in Canadian history affects the four provinces of Atlantic Canada, as well as Quebec, causing major flooding and knocking out power to 80% of Nova Scotia and 95% of Prince Edward Island